Centre notifies appointment of six advocates as additional judges of Allahabad High Court

The Central government on Monday approved the appointment of six lawyers as additional judges of the Allahabad High Court.

A statement was issued by the Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law and Justice, which said that President Draupadi Murmu has notified the appointment of six lawyers as judges of the Allahabad High Court.

These are:

Vinod Diwakar, Kshitij Shailendra, Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, Manish Kumar Nigam, Anish Kumar Gupta, and Nand Prabha Shukla.

Vinod Diwakar has served as the Additional Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh, Supreme Court of India; as the Central Government Standing Counsel, Union of India; and as Counsel for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

He was appointed as the Central Government Standing Counsel for conducting Central Government litigation (except the cases of Railways & Income Tax Department) before the Delhi High Court on January 24, 2017.

The Law Ministry notification said the Additional Judges will work for a period of two years with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices, noted the statement, signed by Rajinder Kashyap, Additional Secretary to the Government of India.