{"id":396955,"date":"2026-09-23T18:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=396955"},"modified":"2026-10-06T00:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T19:01:28","slug":"sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttaranchal High Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p>The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meetings held on 23 September 2026, has approved proposals for the appointment of 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of the High Courts of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttaranchal.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; table-layout: auto; width: 200.44mm; margin-bottom: 3%; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"51\" \/>\n<col width=\"351\" \/>\n<col width=\"174\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm; font-weight: bold;\">S.No.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm; font-weight: bold;\">Name of the Judge<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 46.09mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm; font-weight: bold;\">Name of High Court<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">1.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam @ Kuncham<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 46.09mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"5\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Andhra Pradesh<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">2.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Thoota Chandra Dhana Sekar @ T.C.D. Sekhar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">3.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Challa Gunaranjan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">4.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Avadhanam Hari Haranadha Sarma<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">5.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Dr Justice Yadavalli Lakshmana Rao<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">6.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Subhash Upadhyay<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 46.09mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Uttaranchal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">7.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice P. Krishna Kumar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 46.09mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"5\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Kerala<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice K.V. Jayakumar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Muralee Krishna S.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Jobin Sebastian<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 13.46mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">11.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 92.89mm; padding: 0.0mm 1.91mm 0.0mm 1.91mm; border: 0.5pt solid #000000;\" colspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice P.V. Balakrishnan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Collegium has recommended five Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court for appointment as Permanent Judges. They are:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam @ Kuncham<\/li>\n<li>Justice Thoota Chandra Dhana Sekar @ T.C.D. Sekhar<\/li>\n<li>Justice Challa Gunaranjan<\/li>\n<li>Justice Avadhanam Hari Haranadha Sarma<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Dr Justice Yadavalli Lakshmana Rao<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam, Justice Thoota Chandra Dhana Sekar and Justice Challa Gunaranjan were appointed as Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in October 2024. The Government of India notification dated 24 October 2024 appointed them for a period of two years under Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">224(1)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Avadhanam Hari Haranadha Sarma and Dr. Justice Yadavalli Lakshmana Rao were appointed as Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in January 2025. The Government of India notification dated 22 January 2025 appointed them for a period of two years under Article 224(1).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Collegium had earlier recommended Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam, Justice Thoota Chandra Dhana Sekar and Justice Challa Gunaranjan for elevation to the Andhra Pradesh High Court in October 2024. The official Collegium resolution records that all three had been recommended for appointment as Judges of the High Court following assessment of their suitability.<\/p>\n<p>For the Kerala High Court, the Collegium has recommended five Additional Judges for appointment as Permanent Judges:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>Justice P. Krishna Kumar<\/li>\n<li>Justice K.V. Jayakumar<\/li>\n<li>Justice Muralee Krishna S.<\/li>\n<li>Justice Jobin Sebastian<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice P.V. Balakrishnan<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">All five were appointed as Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court on 30 October 2024. Their present terms as Additional Judges are due to expire on 29 October 2026. The Collegium had earlier recommended Justice P. Krishna Kumar along with other judicial officers for elevation to the Kerala High Court in October 2023, while the recommendations of Justice K.V. Jayakumar, Justice Muralee Krishna S., Justice Jobin Sebastian and Justice P.V. Balakrishnan were made in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Collegium has also approved the proposal for appointment of Justice Subhash Upadhyay, Additional Judge, as a Permanent Judge of the Uttaranchal High Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Justice Subhash Upadhyay was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Uttaranchal High Court pursuant to a Government of India notification dated 26 May 2025 issued under Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">224(1)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution<\/a>. He assumed charge on 30 May 2025. His present term as Additional Judge is scheduled to expire on 29 May 2027.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The latest recommendations concern elevating these Additional Judges to Permanent Judges of their respective High Courts. The appointments will take effect upon issuance of the requisite Government notifications and the President of India\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">On 23 September 2026, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended 11 Additional Judges for appointment as Permanent Judges of the Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand High Courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67547,"featured_media":396967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45282,2],"tags":[28344,2553,115462,34516,111929,33608,111930,115467,115466,86092,87253,115464,115469,90513,79069,115470,115465,115468,2523,36870,29446,115461,39753,74851,37967,34169,2520,115463],"class_list":["post-396955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-firms-news","category-news","tag-additional-judges","tag-Andhra_Pradesh_High_Court","tag-andhra-pradesh-high-court-judges","tag-collegium-resolution","tag-high-court-appointments-2026","tag-high-court-judges","tag-judicial-appointments-2026","tag-justice-avadhanam-hari-haranadha-sarma","tag-justice-challa-gunaranjan","tag-justice-jobin-sebastian","tag-justice-k-v-jayakumar","tag-justice-maheswara-rao-kuncheam","tag-justice-muralee-krishna-s","tag-justice-p-krishna-kumar","tag-justice-p-v-balakrishnan","tag-justice-subhash-upadhyay","tag-justice-thoota-chandra-dhana-sekar","tag-justice-yadavalli-lakshmana-rao","tag-Kerala_High_Court","tag-kerala-high-court-judges","tag-permanent-judges","tag-permanent-judges-of-high-courts","tag-sc-collegium","tag-sc-collegium-recommendations","tag-supreme-court-collegium","tag-supreme-court-of-india","tag-Uttarakhand_High_Court","tag-uttarakhand-high-court-judge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SC Collegium Recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SC Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand High Courts. See the complete list of judges.\" \/>\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\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-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 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttaranchal High Courts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SC Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand High Courts. See the complete list of judges.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-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=\"2026-09-23T12:30:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-05T19:01:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.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=\"Roushan K. Singh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Roushan K. Singh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Roushan K. Singh\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f59bfdb5926e41d0293b754d7d57e8fe\"},\"headline\":\"Supreme Court Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttaranchal High Courts\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-23T12:30:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-05T19:01:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":512,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Additional Judges\",\"Andhra Pradesh High Court\",\"Andhra Pradesh High Court Judges\",\"Collegium Resolution\",\"High Court Appointments 2026\",\"High Court Judges\",\"Judicial Appointments 2026\",\"Justice Avadhanam Hari Haranadha Sarma\",\"Justice Challa Gunaranjan\",\"Justice Jobin Sebastian\",\"Justice K.V. Jayakumar\",\"Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam\",\"Justice Muralee Krishna S.\",\"Justice P. Krishna Kumar\",\"Justice P.V. Balakrishnan\",\"Justice Subhash Upadhyay\",\"Justice Thoota Chandra Dhana Sekar\",\"Justice Yadavalli Lakshmana Rao\",\"Kerala High Court\",\"Kerala High Court Judges\",\"Permanent Judges\",\"Permanent Judges of High Courts\",\"SC Collegium\",\"SC collegium recommendations\",\"Supreme Court Collegium\",\"Supreme Court of India\",\"Uttarakhand High Court\",\"Uttarakhand High Court Judge\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Law Firms News\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/\",\"name\":\"SC Collegium Recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-23T12:30:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-05T19:01:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f59bfdb5926e41d0293b754d7d57e8fe\"},\"description\":\"SC Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand High Courts. See the complete list of judges.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.webp\",\"width\":886,\"height\":590,\"caption\":\"SC Collegium recommendations\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/23\\\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Supreme Court Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttaranchal High Courts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f59bfdb5926e41d0293b754d7d57e8fe\",\"name\":\"Roushan K. Singh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0e73a76a985d19d18143dd5f4b0464f2e474230659d082cd26d9c26b3c8da7a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0e73a76a985d19d18143dd5f4b0464f2e474230659d082cd26d9c26b3c8da7a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0e73a76a985d19d18143dd5f4b0464f2e474230659d082cd26d9c26b3c8da7a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Roushan K. Singh\"},\"description\":\"Roushan K. Singh is a former Legal Researcher at the Delhi High Court and currently works as a Legal Executive at SCC Online. His areas of interest include legal research, intellectual property law, arbitration, Legal Tech, and other emerging and interdisciplinary areas of law. The author can be reached at: roushan.singh@ebcpublishing.in\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/roushan-k-singh-2814971a4\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/author\\\/roushan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SC Collegium Recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges | SCC Times","description":"SC Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand High Courts. See the complete list of judges.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Supreme Court Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttaranchal High Courts","og_description":"SC Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand High Courts. See the complete list of judges.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2026-09-23T12:30:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-05T19:01:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":886,"height":590,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Roushan K. Singh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Roushan K. Singh","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/"},"author":{"name":"Roushan K. Singh","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f59bfdb5926e41d0293b754d7d57e8fe"},"headline":"Supreme Court Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttaranchal High Courts","datePublished":"2026-09-23T12:30:49+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-05T19:01:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/"},"wordCount":512,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.webp","keywords":["Additional Judges","Andhra Pradesh High Court","Andhra Pradesh High Court Judges","Collegium Resolution","High Court Appointments 2026","High Court Judges","Judicial Appointments 2026","Justice Avadhanam Hari Haranadha Sarma","Justice Challa Gunaranjan","Justice Jobin Sebastian","Justice K.V. Jayakumar","Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam","Justice Muralee Krishna S.","Justice P. Krishna Kumar","Justice P.V. Balakrishnan","Justice Subhash Upadhyay","Justice Thoota Chandra Dhana Sekar","Justice Yadavalli Lakshmana Rao","Kerala High Court","Kerala High Court Judges","Permanent Judges","Permanent Judges of High Courts","SC Collegium","SC collegium recommendations","Supreme Court Collegium","Supreme Court of India","Uttarakhand High Court","Uttarakhand High Court Judge"],"articleSection":["Law Firms News","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/","name":"SC Collegium Recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.webp","datePublished":"2026-09-23T12:30:49+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-05T19:01:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f59bfdb5926e41d0293b754d7d57e8fe"},"description":"SC Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand High Courts. See the complete list of judges.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.webp","width":886,"height":590,"caption":"SC Collegium recommendations"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/09\/23\/sc-collegium-recommends-11-additional-judges-permanent-judges-3-high-courts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Supreme Court Collegium recommends 11 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttaranchal High Courts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f59bfdb5926e41d0293b754d7d57e8fe","name":"Roushan K. Singh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e73a76a985d19d18143dd5f4b0464f2e474230659d082cd26d9c26b3c8da7a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e73a76a985d19d18143dd5f4b0464f2e474230659d082cd26d9c26b3c8da7a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e73a76a985d19d18143dd5f4b0464f2e474230659d082cd26d9c26b3c8da7a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Roushan K. Singh"},"description":"Roushan K. Singh is a former Legal Researcher at the Delhi High Court and currently works as a Legal Executive at SCC Online. His areas of interest include legal research, intellectual property law, arbitration, Legal Tech, and other emerging and interdisciplinary areas of law. The author can be reached at: roushan.singh@ebcpublishing.in","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/roushan-k-singh-2814971a4\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/roushan\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SC-Collegium-recommendations.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397892,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396955\/revisions\/397892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}