Ranchi, Oct 6 (PTI) Four new judges have been appointed to the Jharkhand High Court, a notification by the additional secretary to the union ministry of law and justice said on Wednesday.

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The four new judges are Gautam Choudhary, Ambuj Nath, Navneet Kumar and Sanjay Prasad, the notification signed by Rajinder Kashyap said.

The appointment comes at a time when the number of judges in the Jharkhand HC from the service cadre is low. After the retirement of Justices H C Mishra, Amitabh Gupta and B B Mangalmurti only Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary remained from the service cadre in the HC.

The HC, which has a sanctioned strength of 25 judges, has 10 judges less. With the induction of the four new judges their number will rise to 19.

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