President Ram Nath Kovind Friday appointed Advocate Mohammed Ghouse Shukure Kamal as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court. Advocate Kamal’s appointment comes almost two years after his name was proposed by the Supreme Court Collegium.
The notification issued by the Department of Justice today (12th March) states that Advocate Mohammed Ghouse Shukure Kamal will be an additional judge for a period of two years from the date he assumes charge of the office.
According to the Ministry of Law and Justice statement, Kamal has practiced for more than 23 years in the Karnataka High Court and subordinate courts at Bengaluru in civil, criminal, constitutional, labour, arbitration, revenue and Waqf matters.
The President made the appointment in exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution’s Article 224, as per the notification issued by the Ministry’s Department of Justice.
Advocate Kamal’s elevation was objected to by the government, along with the other names proposed by the Collegium citing, “Mohammed Ghouse Shukure Kamal has limited practice in the High Court”.
However, the Collegium, headed by former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, referring to Intelligence Bureau reports said that the advocates enjoy good “personal and professional” image and nothing adverse came to notice against their integrity.
Singapuram Raghavachar Krishna Kumar, Ashok Subhashchandra Kinagi, Suraj Govindaraj, and Sachin Shankar Magadum are the four Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court appointed by the Central government.
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