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While opining that the challenge to the EC Act, 2023 does not merit reference to larger Bench, Justice Datta also remarked on the nuances and challenges of the Collegium System to appoint High Court and Supreme Court Judges.
Opining that the petitions raise substantial questions of law related to the vires of Sections 7, 6 and 8, Election Commissioners Act, 2023, Justice S.C. Sharma also remarked that arguments on parallels between the Collegium system and appointment of Election Commissioners were neither a criticism of the Collegium system nor initiating any debate regarding the manner in which the system of selection has worked.
These appointments assume significance due to recent reassurance expressed by CJI Surya Kant regarding filling the vacant positions of Chief Justice in several High Courts.
Since Justice Ramesh Sinha retired from the post of Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court on 4 September 2026, hence Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal will now perform the duties of the Chief Justice.
Significantly, three out of the nine new appointee Judges are women advocates whose names were recommended by the SC Collegium in May 2026.
Explore Supreme Court judgments from June 2026 covering defining decisions on recognition of a homemaker’s unpaid work, fundamental right to walk, EWS reservation in private colleges etc., and legal developments on appointment of judges, draft AI Regulations and many more stories.
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.
The Supreme Court Collegium on 26-5-2025 had recommended the elevation of 5 High Court Judges as High Court Chief Justices.
The uploaded process includes proposals approved by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointments as High Court Judges during the period from 9-11-2022 to 5-5-2025.
The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, CJI, in its meeting held on 06-3-2025, recommended the name of Justice Bagchi for the Supreme Court.
The appointments by the President of India were notified by the Ministry of Law and Justice on 23-1-2025.
This segment aims to track and chart the monthly course of judicial appointments, retirements in the Supreme Court and High Courts along with recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium.
This segment aims to track and chart the monthly course of judicial appointments, retirements in the Supreme Court and High Courts along with recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium.