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The President has appointed Dharmalingam Lingeswaran and Balathandayutham Karthikeyan as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court for two years under Article 224(1) of the Constitution.
The President has appointed Gurvinder Pal Singh as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court under Article 224(1), following the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation dated 10 September 2026.
The President has appointed 12 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of the Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttaranchal and Gauhati High Courts, following the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendations dated 23 September 2026.
On 23 September 2026, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended 11 Additional Judges for appointment as Permanent Judges of the Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand High Courts.
On 8 September 2026, the President has accordingly appointed Nchumbemo Mozhui and Helen Dawngliani as Additional Judges of the Gauhati High Court for two years.
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.