Madras HC gets 10 additional judges

New Delhi

According to the first notification, Kannammal Shanmuga Sundaram, Sathi Kumar Sukumara Kurup, Murali Shankar Kuppuraju, Manjula Ramaraju Nalliah, and Thamilselvi T Valayapalayam have been appointed as additional judges of the Madras High Court, in that order of seniority.

While the appointments of Kurup, Kuppuraju, Nalliah and Valayapalayam would be for a period of two years with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices, the period of appointment of Sundaram would be with effect from the date she assumes charge of her office till July 19, 2022.

As per the second notification, Govindarajulu Chandrasekharan, A A Nakkiran, Veerasamy Sivagnanam, Ganesan Ilangovan and Ananthi Subramanian have been appointed as additional judges of the Madras High Court, in that order of seniority. The appointments of Chandrasekharan, Nakkiran, Sivagnanam and Ilangovan would be for a period of two years with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices. However, the period of appointment of Subramanian would be with effect from the date she assumes charge of her office till July 30, 2022.

A Department of Justice functionary explained that specific dates have been mentioned in two cases as both judges would retire on those respective dates on attaining the age of 62 years.