6 lawyers to be appointed as Punjab and Haryana HC judges

New Delhi/Chandigarh, June 28

The government is learnt to have cleared the names of six lawyers for elevation as judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The file has been cleared and is set to be sent to the President for his approval, sources said today.

In July last year, the Supreme Court collegium had cleared the names of seven advocates for elevation as judges, they said.

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But the names of six of them have been cleared by the government, the sources said, adding one proposal has been put on hold.

Those cleared for appointment are understood to be Arvind Singh Sangwan, former additional advocate general Mahabir Singh Sindhu, former Haryana senior deputy advocate general Rajbir Sehrawat, senior advocate Anil Khetrapal, Sudhir Mittal and Avneesh Jhingan.

Two judges who were appointed to the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week were sworn in today.

The high court's Chief Justice S J Vazifdar administered the oath to Raj Shekhar Attri and Gurvinder Singh Gill as additional judges.

With the new appointments, the total number of judges in the high court stands at 48. —  PTI