SC recommends four high court chief justices, senior advocate for top court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended for appointments of chief justice of the four High Courts and a woman senior advocate for elevation as judges of the top court.

In its meeting held on May 22 and 27, the Collegium led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant approved for appointment of Justice Sheel Nagu, chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar chief justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Arun Palli, chief justice of J&K & Ladakh High Court and senior advocate V Mohana as judges of the Supreme Court.

Justice Nagu hailed from MP HC, Justice Chandrashekhar from Jharkhand HC, Justice Sachdeva from Delhi HC and Justice Palli from Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Mohana, who hails from Tamil Nadu, would be only the second woman lawyer, practising in the Supreme Court to get a direct elevation to the Supreme Court, if the recommendations are approved by the Union government.

Previously, Justice Indu Malhotra was the first woman senior advocate who was directly appointed as a Supreme Court judge.

It was only in 2021 when three woman judges Justices Hima Kohli, Bela M Trivedi and B V Nagarathna were elevated.

The apex court at present has 32 judges. With the recommendations, the number of judges would rise to recently increased sanctioned strength of 38 judges including the CJI.