SC Collegium appoints 7 judicial officers as judges of AP High Court

New Delhi, July 20: The Supreme Court which met here on Wednesday approved elevation of judicial officers as judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. They are Adusumalli Venkata Ravindra Babu, Vakkalagadda Radha Krishna Krupa Sagar, Syamsunder Bandaru, Srinivas Vutukuru, Boppana Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Chakravarthi, Tallapragada Mallikarjuna Rao, and Duppala Venkata Ramana. The judges to be will take charge once recommendations of the top court gets approval from the President of India.
 
The apex court in February this year appointed seven judges to the AP High Court. Meanwhile, the tenure of Supreme Court Chief Justice N.V. Ramana will end on August 26, 2022. Justice U. U. Lalit will take charge as new CJI from August 27.