SC Collegium recommends Appointment of 10 Advocates, 3 Judicial Officers as Judges of P&H HC and Andhra Pradesh HC

On 4 May 2026, the Supreme Court Collegium led by CJI Surya Kant, recommended the appointment of several Advocates and Judicial Officers as Judges for the High Courts of Punjab & Haryana and Andhra Pradesh respectively.

In this meeting, a total 13 Collegium recommendations were made, out of which, 4 women were recommended for judgeship as well.

The recommendations are as follows-

Andhra Pradesh High Court

The following Judicial Officers were recommended for appointment as Judges

1. Sunitha Gandham

2. Alapati Giridhar

3. Purushottam Kumar Chintalapudi @ Ch. Purushottama Kumar

Punjab and Haryana High Court

Following Advocates were recommended for appointment as Judges

1. Monica Chhibber Sharma

2. Harmeet Singh Deol

3. Puja Chopra

4. Sunish Bindlish

5. Navdeep Singh

6. Divya Sharma

7. Ravinder Malik

8. Pravindra Singh Chauhan

9. Rajesh Gaur

10. Minderjeet Yadav