India, June 9 -- The Centre on Saturday notified the appointment of six additional judges of the Bombay High Court as permanent judges, strengthening the court's permanent judicial strength to 56 against a sanctioned strength of 71.

A notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice confirmed the elevation of Justices Nivedita Prakash Mehta, Prafulla Surendrakumar Khubalkar, Ashwin Damodar Bhobe, Rohit Wasudeo Joshi, Advait Mahendra Sethna and Pravin Sheshrao Patil as permanent judges of the high court.

The notification stated, "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri Justices (i) Ms. Nivedita Prakash Mehta, (ii) Prafulla Surendrakumar...