Supreme Court designates 7 former High Court Judges as Senior Advocates
The decision was taken at a Full Court meeting held on 18 March 2026 by the Chief Justice of India and Supreme Court Judges.
The decision was taken at a Full Court meeting held on 18 March 2026 by the Chief Justice of India and Supreme Court Judges.
The recommendation has been forwarded to the Union Government for further action in accordance with the constitutional procedure governing judicial appointments.
The recommendations will now be forwarded to the Union Government for further processing under the judicial appointments procedure.
On 18-12-2025, the Supreme Court Collegium led by CJI Surya Kant, recommended the elevation of Justice Gupta as Chief Justice of Uttaranchal 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 18-12-2025 had recommended the appointment of Chief Justices for Meghalaya, Patna and Jharkhand High Courts.
Justice Manmohan, formerly serving Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 3-12-2024.
In his extensive legal career, Justice Biswanath Somadder’s journey,reflects a distinguished career that extends from practicing law in the High Court at Calcutta to assuming the prestigious role of Chief Justice in various High Courts across India.
The Supreme Court designated former Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh High Court as well as former Judges of the High Courts of Bombay, Madras, Rajasthan and Punjab & Haryana.
In August the Collegium had recommended Justice Sreedharan’s transfer to Chhattisgarh High Court, which was later modified by the Collegium after reconsideration was sought by the Government.
The Collegium in August 2025, had earlier recommended Justice Sreedharan’s transfer to Chhattisgarh High Court.
The Supreme Court Collegium on 15-9-2025, recommended the appointment of the afore-stated Judges as Permanent Judges.
Appointed by the President in exercise of powers under Article 217(1) of the Constitution, Justice Bajanthri will be succeeding Justice Vipul M. Pancholi, who was recently elevated to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court designated former Chief Justice of Manipur High Court and 6 other former Judges as Senior Advocates with effect from 17-9-2025.
Supreme Court Collegium led by CJI B.R. Gavai issued several resolutions making recommendations for appointment of Advocates and Judicial Officers as Judges and appointing Additional Judges and Permanent Judges.
The Collegium on 12-9-2025 had recommended the appointment of Justice M. Sundar as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.
The Supreme Court Collegium on 25-8-2025, had recommended the appointment of 6 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Bombay High Court.
Supreme Court Collegium on 25-3-2025 had recommended appointing Amitabh Kumar Rai and Rajiv Lochan Shukla as Allahabad High Court Judges.
On 25-8-2025, the Supreme Court Collegium headed by CJI B.R. Gavai, recommended the name of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.