The Central Government has notified the appointment of 14 advocates as additional judges of the Bombay High Court, following a resolution passed by the Supreme Court Collegium last week.
They are :
- Siddheshwar Sundarrao Thombre
- Mehroz Ashraf Khan Pathan
- Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale
- Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande
- Amit Satyavan Jamsandekar
- Ashish Sahadev Chavan
- Smt. Vaishali Nimbajirao Patil-Jadhav
- Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil
- Abasaheb Dharmaji Shinde
- Shreeram Vinayak Shirsat
- Hiten Shamrao Venegavkar
- Farhan Parvez Dubash
- Rajnish Ratnakar Vyas
- Raj Damodar Wakode
Among these advocates, Patil and Shirsat are the special prosecutors for the Central Government and represented the prime agencies like CBI, NIA and ED while Venegavkar is the Chief Public Prosecutor of Maharashtra.
Advocate Dubash is presently the secretary of the Bombay Bar Association.
Raj Damodar Wakode is the nephew of CJI BR Gavai.
With these appointments, the strength of the HC rise to 83 as against the sanctioned strength of 94.
In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint the following Advocates as Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court: pic.twitter.com/fpZo3aqWXT
— Arjun Ram Meghwal (@arjunrammeghwal) August 27, 2025