On the very first day of the new year 2015, i.e., 1st January 2015, three new judges have joined Bombay High Court, taking its strength to 67 judges vis-à-vis the total strength of 75 (see here). Thus, 8 vacancies are still there, out of which 7 vacant positions are for permanent judges and 1 position is for additional judge of Bombay High Court. The newly appointed judges are Justice Kalidas Laxmanrao Wadane, Justice Kumari Indira Kanahaiyalal Jain, and Justice Dr. (Smt.) Shalini Shashank Phansalkar-Joshi. All the three newly appointed judges have been elevated from the judiciary and no advocate has been directly elevated this time.
In addition to the 8 existing vacant positions, 8 sitting judges of Bombay High Court would also be retiring during the year 2015 [of course, there could be some transfers to other High Courts on elevation or otherwise, and there could possibly be elevation(s) to the Supreme Court], namely, Chief Justice Mohit S. Shah, Justice P.V. Hardas, Justice Smt. R.S. Dalvi, Justice A.P. Bhangale, Justice P.D. Kode, Justice A.R. Joshi, Justice M.L. Tahiliani, and Justice U.V. Bakre.
