President appoints 9 Advocates as Judges of Punjab & Haryana High Court
Significantly, three out of the nine new appointee Judges are women advocates whose names were recommended by the SC Collegium in May 2026.
Significantly, three out of the nine new appointee Judges are women advocates whose names were recommended by the SC Collegium in May 2026.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Justice Harmeet Singh Grewal and Justice Deepinder Singh Nalwa were appointed as Additional Judges in February 2025.
In a meeting held on 24 March 2026, CJI Surya Kant led Collegium recommended the names of 8 Additional Judges to be appointed as Permanent Judges.
On 12 February 2026, Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of 7 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Kerala High Court.
On 2-1-2026, the President of India appointed Ramesh Chander Dimri and Neerja Kulwant Kalson as Additional Judges after Collegium’s recommendation in December 2025.
The Collegium in December 2025 had approved the proposal to appoint Ramesh Chander Dimri and Neerja Kulwant Kalson as Additional Judges.
The Supreme Court Collegium on 19-8-2025 had recommended the names of 14 Advocates as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court.
On 7-8-2025, the Supreme Court Collegium led by CJI B.R. Gavai, recommended the appointment of Ramesh Kumari, Judicial Officer, as a High Court Additional Judge.
In a press note issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the President appointed 19 Advocates and Judicial Officers as Judges and Additional Judges in Gauhati, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana High Court.
The Collegium led by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai held a meeting on 28-07-2025 to approve and recommend the appointment of several judges in Karnataka, Calcutta, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, and Bombay High Court.
Ministry of Law and Justice notified the appointment of 10 Judges for 2 High Courts- 3 for Delhi High Court whereas for 7 for Rajasthan High Court.
The Collegium also recommended the transfer of Mr. Justice Arindam Sinha from the High Court of Orissa to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
The Collegium also recommended the extension of term of Justice Manjusha Ajay Deshpande, as Additional Judge of the High Court of Bombay.
The Additional Judges were appointed by the President of India in exercise of powers under Article 224(1) of the Constitution.
Justice Kardak Ete and Justice Mridul Kumar Kalita were appointed Additional Judges.