Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Chief Justices for Four High Courts
India has big courts called high courts in different parts of the country.
Each one has a leader called the Chief Justice.
A group of senior judges, called the collegium, helps choose these leaders.
The leader of this group is the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant.
On August 6, the group met and chose four judges to become new Chief Justices.
One judge will move from Delhi's high court to lead Patna's high court.
Another will go from Bombay to lead the high court in Calcutta.
The group also said two more judges should transfer to new high courts in Gujarat and Chhattisgarh.
These picks are recommendations, which are part of how judges get new roles in India.
The Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, recommended elevating four judges as Chief Justices at a meeting held on August 6.
Justice V Kameswar Rao of the Delhi High Court was recommended as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court.
Justice Ravindra V Ghuge of the Bombay High Court was recommended as Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
Allahabad High Court judge Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi was recommended as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, and Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was recommended as its Chief Justice.
The collegium also recommended transferring Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak of the Orissa High Court to Gujarat and Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra to the Chhattisgarh High Court.
- Who
- The Supreme Court collegium, led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant.
- What
- Recommended the elevation of four judges as Chief Justices of high courts and the transfer of two judges to other high courts.
- When
- In a meeting held on August 6.
- Where
- India—the recommendations cover multiple high courts, including Delhi, Patna, Bombay, Calcutta, Allahabad, and Punjab and Haryana.
- Why
- To fill Chief Justice positions in the high courts through the collegium's judicial appointment process.
- Decision body
- Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
- Meeting date
- August 6
- Elevations recommended
- 4 judges as Chief Justices of Patna, Calcutta, Bombay, and Punjab and Haryana High Courts
- Transfers recommended
- 2 judges to Gujarat and Chhattisgarh High Courts
- Delhi High Court to Patna
- Justice V Kameswar Rao
- Bombay High Court to Calcutta
- Justice Ravindra V Ghuge
- Allahabad High Court to Bombay
- Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi
- Punjab and Haryana High Court to itself
- Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra
