HC GETS TWO MORE JUDGES

The Centre has notified appointment of Punjab and Haryana high court registrar AK Tyagi and district and sessions judge, Sonepat, Lalit Batra’s as additional judges of the high court. A notification in this regard was issued on Wednesday. Their names were cleared by the Supreme Court in October following a recommendation from the high court collegium in April 2018. Both are Haryana Civil Services (judicial) cadre officers. The number of judges at HC has gone up to 53 against the sanctioned strength of 85.