The collegium also approved the proposal for elevation of advocates Aditya Kumar Mohapatra and Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo as judges of the Orissa High Court, and judicial officers Radha Krishna Pattanaik and Sashikanta Mishra.
The 25 high courts in the country have a combined sanctioned strength of 1,080 judges and on May 1, 2021, they were functioning with 420 judges only.