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On 18-12-2025, the Supreme Court Collegium led by CJI Surya Kant, recommended the elevation of 5 High Court Judges as High Court Chief Justices. The names are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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S. No.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Judge’s Name<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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

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Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Allahabad<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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Justice Revati. P. Mohite Dere<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Bombay<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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

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Justice M.S. Sonak<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Bombay<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Kerala<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

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5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Orissa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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

The Collegium recommended appointment of Chief Justices for High Courts of Uttaranchal, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Sikkim and Patna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":370275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[95250,93707,32789,95251,39753,37967],"class_list":["post-370274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appointments","category-news","tag-appointment-of-hc-chief-justices","tag-cji-surya-kant","tag-collegium-recommendations","tag-justice-revati-p-mohite-dere","tag-sc-collegium","tag-supreme-court-collegium"],"yoast_head":"\nSC Collegium recommends appointment of CJs of 5 High Courts | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Supreme Court Collegium on 18-12-2025, recommended appointment of Chief Justices of 5 High Courts.\" \/>\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\/12\/19\/sc-collegium-recommends-appointment-of-cjs-of-5-high-courts\/\" \/>\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 of 5 High Courts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supreme Court Collegium on 18-12-2025, recommended appointment of Chief Justices of 5 High Courts.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/19\/sc-collegium-recommends-appointment-of-cjs-of-5-high-courts\/\" \/>\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=\"2025-12-19T06:00:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/appointment-of-CJs-of-5-High-Courts.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\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 of 5 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\\\/12\\\/19\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-appointment-of-cjs-of-5-high-courts\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/19\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-appointment-of-cjs-of-5-high-courts\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sucheta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa\"},\"headline\":\"Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Chief Justices of 5 High Courts\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-19T06:00:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/19\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-appointment-of-cjs-of-5-high-courts\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":84,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/19\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-appointment-of-cjs-of-5-high-courts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/appointment-of-CJs-of-5-High-Courts.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"appointment of HC Chief Justices\",\"CJI Surya Kant\",\"Collegium Recommendations\",\"Justice Revati. 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