Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Collegium Recommends Ghuge for Calcutta HC, Tripathi for Bombay HC
The Supreme Court Collegium is a group of senior judges that helps decide who leads India's big courts.
They recently made a new suggestion about court leaders.
Right now, Ravindra Ghuge is the acting chief judge of the Bombay High Court.
The group wants him to become the chief judge of the Calcutta High Court instead.
They also want Mahesh Chandra Tripathi, a judge in Allahabad, to become the next chief judge of the Bombay High Court.
These are only suggestions at the moment.
The government has to say yes and make it official.
Ghuge has worked as a judge since 2013 and became a lawyer back in 1990.
If the government agrees, both judges will take on their new roles.
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended Bombay HC Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge as the next Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
The Collegium has also recommended Allahabad High Court Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi as the next Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
The Collegium passed its resolution on August 6, and the appointments will be formalised after the Central government clears the recommendations.
Ghuge, born in 1966, began practising law in 1990 and has served as a Bombay High Court judge since June 2013.
If approved, Ghuge will succeed Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty, and Tripathi would become the 50th Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
- Who
- The Supreme Court Collegium, which recommended Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi for new Chief Justice roles.
- What
- The recommendation of new Chief Justices for the Calcutta and Bombay High Courts, pending Central government approval.
- When
- The Collegium resolution was passed on August 6; formal appointments await government clearance.
- Where
- India — affecting the Bombay High Court, Calcutta High Court and Allahabad High Court.
- Why
- To fill the Chief Justice positions, including the vacancy created after the former Bombay HC Chief Justice was elevated to the Supreme Court.
- Recommended for Calcutta HC Chief Justice
- Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge (Bombay High Court)
- Recommended for Bombay HC Chief Justice
- Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi (Allahabad High Court)
- Collegium resolution date
- August 6
- Approval needed
- Central government clearance and notification
- Ghuge's judicial experience
- Bombay HC judge since June 2013; practising lawyer since 1990
- Tripathi's judicial experience
- Second-senior-most judge of Allahabad HC; permanent judge since 2015
- Ghuge to succeed
- Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty, Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta HC
- Milestone
- Tripathi would become the 50th Chief Justice of Bombay HC