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.
Advocates as Judges
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.
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment of 9 Judicial Officers and 10 Advocates as Madras HC Judges
At present, the Madras High Court has a working strength of 52 judges including Chief Justice.
Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 9 Advocates as Calcutta HC Judges
As of 1 May 2026, Calcutta High Court has a working strength of 42 Judges and there are 30 vacancies.
SC Collegium recommends Appointment of 10 Advocates, 3 Judicial Officers as Judges of P&H HC and Andhra Pradesh HC
The Collegium led by CJI Surya Kant recommended 13 names out of which 4 women were also recommended for judgeship.
President appoints 2 Advocates as Judges of Allahabad High Court
Supreme Court Collegium on 25-3-2025 had recommended appointing Amitabh Kumar Rai and Rajiv Lochan Shukla as Allahabad High Court Judges.
Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 14 Judicial Officers & 12 Advocates as Judges of Allahabad HC
As of 1-9-2025, the working judicial strength of Allahabad High Court (Additional and Permanent) is 84 Judges as against the sanctioned strength of 160 Judges.
President appoints 14 Advocates as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium on 19-8-2025 had recommended the names of 14 Advocates as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court.
Supreme Court Collegium recommends 17 names for appointments in 2 High Courts
On 19-8-2025, the Collegium recommended 3 Judges as Permanent & Additional Judges of Gauhati High Court and 14 Advocates as Judges of Bombay High Court.
Centre notifies appointment of 3 Advocates as Judges of Calcutta High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the names of 5 Advocates to be appointed as Judges of the High Court.
SC Collegium recommends appointment of 9 Advocates as Judges of Bombay HC
On 24-9-2024, the Collegium recommended the names stating that their inter se seniority will be fixed as per the existing practice.