Gujarat HC gets four new judges
New Delhi, Oct 16: Four new judges were on Tuesday appointed to the Gujarat High Court, including three judicial officers and a lawyer.
A notification issued by the Law Ministry here said advocate Umesh Amritlal Trivedi, and judicial officers (judges of the lower courts) Ajay Kumar Chandulal Rao, Viresh Kumar Bhavchandbhai Mayani and Ashutosh Pushkerray Thaker have been appointed judges of the Gujarat HC.
Yesterday, four new judges, all from the Bar, were appointed as judges of the Delhi High Court.
As on October 1, the Gujarat HC was functioning with 27 judges, short of 25. It has an approved strength of 52, a Law Ministry data states.
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Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant shot at
Kolkata (PTI): BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath was shot at from close range by unidentified assailants in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday night, sources said.
The incident took place in the Madhyamgram area, where the victim, who serves as the executive assistant to the leader of opposition in the state assembly, was allegedly targeted on a public road, they said.
Rath sustained multiple bullet injuries in the firing and was rushed to a private hospital, sources added.
Soon after the incident, a large police contingent reached the spot and launched an investigation.
The motive behind the attack was not immediately known.
Senior police officers were present in the area, and efforts were on to identify and trace those involved in the shooting, sources said.
