SC Collegium recommends appointment of Judicial Officers and Advocates as Judges of 3 High Courts
The Collegium recommended the appointments for the High Courts of Chhattisgarh, Gauhati and Orissa.
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SC Collegium recommends appointment of 2 Permanent HC Judges and Term Extension for 6 Additional Judges
The Collegium recommended appointment of Permanent Judges for High Courts of Punjab & Haryana and Calcutta and term extension for six Additional Judges of Calcutta High Court.
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President appoints 30 Advocates and Judicial Officers as Judges and Additional Judges of 4 High Courts
The President has appointed 30 persons as Judges and Additional Judges of the Madras, Calcutta, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh High Courts, including five Judges of the Madras High Court and 25 Additional Judges across the four High Courts. The appointments were notified through separate Gazette notifications dated 7 August 2026.
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Supreme Court Collegium recommends elevation of 4 Judges as Chief Justices of Patna, Calcutta, Bombay and Punjab & Haryana HCs
The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 6 August 2026, recommended the elevation of Justice V. Kameswar Rao, Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge, Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra as Chief Justices of the Patna, Calcutta, Bombay, and Punjab and Haryana High Courts, respectively.
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Supreme Court Collegium recommends transfer of 2 Orissa High Court Judges to Gujarat and Chhattisgarh High Courts
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak to the Gujarat High Court and Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra to the Chhattisgarh High Court.
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Delhi High Court appoints Anu Grover Baliga as Special Judge of Fast Track Court for Paper Leak matters, following PM’s announcement
The newly constituted court at Rouse Avenue Courts will exclusively hear offences under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 and connected offences.
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President appoints Justice Sudhir Singh as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court
Justice Sudhir Singh will perform the duties of Chief Justice consequent upon the retirement of present Chief Justice, Meenakshi M. Rai.
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Delhi High Court Designates 85 Senior Advocates
Pursuant to the Full Court’s resolution dated 9 July 2026, the Delhi High Court has designated 85 Advocates as Senior Advocates under Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961.
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Justice Yogesh Khanna takes charge as Officiating Chairperson of NCLAT
Justice Yogesh Khanna’s appointment was made w.e.f 5 July 2026 after the conclusion of former Chairman, Justice Ashok Bhushan’s tenure on 4 July 2026.
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President Appoints Three Additional Judges to Andhra Pradesh High Court
The President of India has appointed Sunitha Gandham, Alapati Giridhar and Purushottam Kumar Chintalapudi @ Ch. Purushottama Kumar as Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court for a period of two years under Article 224(1), Constitution of India.
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President Appoints Two Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court
The President of India has appointed Justices Harmeet Singh Grewal and Deepinder Singh Nalwa as Permanent Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court under Article 217(1), Constitution of India.
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President Appoints Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty as Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
The President of India has appointed Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty, Judge of the Calcutta High Court, to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court under Article 223 of the Constitution, consequent upon the retirement of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on 20 June 2026.
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Karnataka Appoints Kunal Vajani and Omar Hoda as Additional Advocate Generals for Supreme Court
Karnataka Government has appointed Advocates Kunal Vajani and Omar Hoda as Additional Advocate Generals to represent the State before the Supreme Court.
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President Appoints Three Advocates as Judges and Four Advocates as Additional Judges of Patna High Court
The President of India has appointed Advocates Ranjan Kumar Jha, Kumar Manish and Raj Kumar as Judges of the Patna High Court, and Advocates Rana Vikram Singh, Vikash Kumar, Girijish Kumar and Alok Kumar as Additional Judges of the High Court for a period of two years under Articles 217(1) and 224, Constitution of India.
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President Appoints 6 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Bombay High Court
The President of India has appointed 6 additional judges of Bombay High Court as Permanent Judges of the Bombay High Court on 6 June 2026.
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Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment of 7 Advocates & 3 Judicial Officers as High Court Judges
The Collegium made the recommendations for three High Courts, namely- Madhya Pradesh High Court, Karnataka High Court and Himachal Pradesh High Court.
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Supreme Court Collegium recommends elevation of 2 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Punjab and Haryana HC
Justice Harmeet Singh Grewal and Justice Deepinder Singh Nalwa were appointed as Additional Judges in February 2025.
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Tamil Nadu appoints Senior Advocates Prashanto Chandra Sen and Haripriya Padmanabhan as Additional Advocate Generals for Supreme Court
The Tamil Nadu Government has appointed the Senior Advocates as Counsel for the State in the rank of Additional Advocate General to represent the State before the Supreme Court of India on a temporary basis, following the recommendation of the Advocate General.
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President appoints Justice Meenakshi M. Rai as 48th Chief Justice of Patna High Court
On 22 May 2026, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended Justice Meenakshi M. Rai’s name for appointment as Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
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Tamil Nadu Appoints Five New Advocates-on-Record for Supreme Court Following Resignations of Existing AoRs
Acting on the recommendation of the Advocate General, the Tamil Nadu Government has reconstituted its panel of Advocates-on-Record before the Supreme Court to ensure continued representation in matters concerning the State.
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