India, Aug. 21 -- The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of 14 advocates for elevation to the Bombay High Court bench. Currently, the high court is functioning with 69 judges against the sanctioned strength of 94 judges.

After the collegium met on August 19, the following advocates were recommended: Siddheshwar Sundarrao Thombre, Mehroz Ashraf Khan Pathan, Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale, Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil, Shreeram Vinayak Shirsat, Hiten Shamrao Venegavkar, Rajnish Ratnakar Vyas, Raj Damodar Wakode, Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande, Amit Satyavan Jamsandekar, Ashish Sahadev Chavan, Vaishali Nimbajirao Patil-Jadhav, Abasaheb Dharmaji Shinde, and Farhan Parvez Dubash.

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