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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 Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty, Judge of the Calcutta High Court, to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court under Article 223 of the Constitution, consequent upon the retirement of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on 20 June 2026.
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.
The President of India has appointed four High Court Chief Justices and Senior Advocate V. Mohana as Judges of the Supreme Court of India, implementing the recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium on 27 May 2026.
Gender representation in focus as Supreme Court Collegium clears fresh High Court appointments. Two women advocates elevated to Kerala High Court.
The Delhi Union organized a debate on legislative interference in judicial appointments at the Constitution Club, Delhi, on 5th April, 2026.
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.
Introduced in the Rajya Sabha, the Bill proposes sweeping constitutional changes to judicial appointments, reservation in promotions, Supreme Court structure, High Court judges’ retirement age, and caste-based census powers.
The Court further held that a person who has been or who is in judicial service and has a combined experience of 7 years or more as an Advocate or a Judicial Officer, would be eligible for being considered and appointed as a District Judge/Additional District Judge.
The President appointed 30 advocates, judicial officers and an additional judge as judges/ permanent judge of Allahabad, Himachal Pradesh, and Karnataka High Court.
The Ministry of Law and Justice issued a press release appointing Calcutta High Court Judge, Justice Soumen Sen as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.
“Across the country there are about 1100 sanctioned posts of High Court Judges, out of which nearly 670 are occupied by men and only 103 by women.”
The Judges were recommended for elevation by the Collegium on 25-8-2025 and in a record display of speed, the Ministry of Law and Justice confirmed the recommendations on 27-8-2025.
The Supreme Court Collegium on 19-8-2025 had recommended the names of 14 Advocates as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court.
The Supreme Court Collegium on 25-8-2025, recommended the appointed of the 2 High Court Chief Justices as Supreme Court Judges.
At present, the working strength of the Supreme Court is at 32 Judges, if the recommendations are confirmed, then the Court will function at its full strength of 34 Judges.
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.