The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna has approved the proposal for appointing three additional judges as permanent judges in the Bombay High Court. In a meeting held yesterday, the collegium approved the names of Justices Shailesh Pramod Brahme, Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla, and Jitendra Shantilal Jain as permanent judges.

It also recommended that the term of Additional High Court Judge Justice Manjusha Ajay Deshpande should be extended for a year in the Bombay High Court. The collegium also approved the proposal for appointing five additional judges as permanent judges in the Madras High Court. Those recommended include Justices Ramasamy Sakthivel, P Dhanabal, Chinnasamy Kumarappan, and Kandasamy Rajasekar.