SC collegium approves appointment of 3 judicial officers as judges of Himachal Pradesh HC

New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) The Supreme Court collegium has approved a proposal for appointment of three judicial officers as judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, in a meeting held on June 2 approved names of Chirag Bhanu Singh, Bhupesh Sharma, and Yogesh Jaswal as judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. The collegium also approved the proposal for appointment of additional judges -- Justice Harmeet Singh Grewal and Justice Deepinder Singh Nalwa -- as permanent judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. It approved the proposal for appointment of six advocates -- Raghavendra Seetharam Srivatsa, Hema Kulkarni, Subramanya Rangarao, Thadagavadi Prakash Vivekananda, Bakkeswara Pramod and Hombe Gowda Shanthi Bhushan -- as judges of the Karnataka High Court. Another statement said the collegium has approved the proposal for appointment of advocate Amit Lahoti as a judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. PTI ABA ABA DV DV