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On 11-9-2025, the Supreme Court Collegium led by CJI B.R. Gavai, recommended the appointment of Chief Justices for 3 High Courts of Meghalaya, Patna and Manipur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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S No.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Name of the Judge<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Current HC<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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HC where appointed as Chief Justice<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Justice Soumen Sen<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Calcutta<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Meghalaya<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Justice Pavankumar B. Bajanthri<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Patna<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Patna<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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3.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Justice M. Sundar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Madras<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Manipur<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Collegium on 11-9-2025 made the recommendations for the High Courts of Meghalaya, Patna and Manipur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":359912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[3319,32789,88969,88968,60401,58153,57993,49607,39753],"class_list":["post-359900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appointments","category-news","tag-appointment_of_judges","tag-collegium-recommendations","tag-justice-m-sundar","tag-justice-pavankumar-b-bajanthri","tag-justice-soumen-sen","tag-manipur-hc","tag-meghalaya-hc","tag-patna-hc","tag-sc-collegium"],"yoast_head":"\nAppointment of Chief Justice for 3 HCs recommended by SC Collegium | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recommendation for appointment of Chief Justices for 3 High Courts of Meghalaya, Patna and Manipur made by SC Collegium on 11-9-2025\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/12\/appointment-of-chief-justice-for-3hcs-recommended-sc-collegium\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Chief Justices for 3 High Courts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recommendation for appointment of Chief Justices for 3 High Courts of Meghalaya, Patna and Manipur made by SC Collegium on 11-9-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/12\/appointment-of-chief-justice-for-3hcs-recommended-sc-collegium\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-12T05:30:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-12T05:53:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Appointment-of-Chief-Justice-for-3-HCs.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1883\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1254\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sucheta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Chief Justices for 3 High Courts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sucheta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/12\\\/appointment-of-chief-justice-for-3hcs-recommended-sc-collegium\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/12\\\/appointment-of-chief-justice-for-3hcs-recommended-sc-collegium\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sucheta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa\"},\"headline\":\"Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Chief Justices for 3 High Courts\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-12T05:30:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-12T05:53:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/12\\\/appointment-of-chief-justice-for-3hcs-recommended-sc-collegium\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":68,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/12\\\/appointment-of-chief-justice-for-3hcs-recommended-sc-collegium\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Appointment-of-Chief-Justice-for-3-HCs.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"appointment of judges\",\"Collegium Recommendations\",\"Justice M. 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