President appoints 7 Permanent Judges for Kerala High Court
On 12 February 2026, Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of 7 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Kerala High Court.
On 12 February 2026, Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of 7 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Kerala High Court.
To improve administrative continuity and judicial efficiency, the Supreme Court Collegium has decided that Chief Justice-designates should be transferred to their new High Courts in advance of vacancies arising.
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.
The recommendations were made in terms of Article 224-A of the Constitution, and the Judges will hold the post for a period of two years.
The Collegium recommended appointment of Chief Justices for High Courts of Uttaranchal, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Sikkim and Patna.
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 had recommended the transfer of 14 Judges in August 2025, out of which 11 Judges were transferred by the President on 14-10-2025.
Currently, Allahabad High Court’s working judicial strength is 110 against sanctioned strength of 160.
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.
On 27-8-2025, the Supreme Court of India had notified the Collegium’s decision to recommend transfer/repatriation of 14 Judges, including Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju.
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.
The Supreme Court Collegium on 25-8-2025, recommended the appointed of the 2 High Court Chief Justices as Supreme Court Judges.
The Collegium led by CJI B.R. Gavai made the transfer/repatriation recommendations in meetings held on 25/26-8-2025.
The Collegium recommended appointing 6 Permanent Judges for Bombay High Court and 3 Permanent Judges for Kerala High Court.
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.
There is a vacancy of 36 Judges against sanctioned strength of 85 Judges in Punjab and Haryana 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.