Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 14 Judicial Officers & 12 Advocates as Judges of Allahabad HC

On 1-9-2025, the Supreme Court Collegium led by CJI B.R. Gavai recommended the names of the following Judicial Officers and Advocates as Judges of Allahabad High Court:

Judicial Officers recommended as Judges:

1. Dr. Ajay Kumar- II,

2. Chawan Prakash,

3. Divesh Chandra Samant

4. Prashant Mishra-I,

5. Tarun Saxena,

6. Rajeev Bharti,

7. Padam Narain Mishra

8. Lakshmi Kant Shukla,

9. Jai Prakash Tiwari,

10. Devendra Singh-I,

11. Sanjiv Kumar,

12. Vani Ranjan Agrawal,

13. Shri Achal Sachdev

14. Babita Rani

Advocates recommended as Judges:

1. Vivek Saran,

2. Adnan Ahmad,

3. Vivek Kumar Singh,

4. Garima Prashad,

5. Sudhanshu Chauhan,

6. Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary,

7. Swarupama Chaturvedi,

8. Jai Krishna Upadhyay,

9. Siddharth Nandan,

10. Kunal Ravi Singh,

11. Indrajeet Shukla

12. Satya Veer Singh

As of 1-9-2025¹, the working judicial strength (Additional and Permanent) of Allahabad High Court is 84 Judges as against the sanctioned strength of 160 Judges. There remains a vacancy for 76 Judges.