Centre clears elevation of three High Court Chief Justices as SC judges

October 5, 2026 9:33 PM

Centre clears elevation of three High Court Chief Justices as SC judges

Acting on the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium, the Centre has cleared the elevation of Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal, Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, and Telangana High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh as judges of the apex court. In a post on X, Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal announced that the President, after consultation with Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, had appointed the three Chief Justices a...

President appoints 14 judicial officers as Judges, Additional Judges of four High Courts

September 20, 2026 10:59 AM

President appoints 14 judicial officers as Judges, Additional Judges of four High Courts

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday appointed 14 judicial officers as Judges and Additional Judges of the Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Jharkhand and Karnataka High Courts. The appointments were made in exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India and after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, according to the Ministry of Law and Justice. In the Delhi High Court, Nivedita Anil Sharma and Nisha Sahay Saxena have been appointed as Judges. Sanjay Sharma, Bharat ...