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In the meeting held on June 2, the Supreme Court collegium took decisions with regard to recommendation of names for appointment of judges to various High Courts across the country.

 

In one of the vital decisions, the Collegium has recommended the appointment of two additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as permanent judges of that court. The judges recommended for appointment as permanent High Court judges include  Justice Harmeet Singh Grewal and Justice Deepinder Singh Nalwa. Justice Grewal and Justice Nalwa were sworn in as additional judges of the High Court on February 17, 2025.

 

 The Supreme Court Collegium has also recommended the appointment of three judicial officers as judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. The officers recommended include  Chirag Bhanu Singh, Bhupesh Sharma and Yogesh Jaswal. Pertinently, The Himachal Pradesh High Court is currently functioning with 12 judges as against its sanctioned strength of 17.

 

In the meeting, The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the appointment of advocate Amit Lahoti as a judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court."The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 2nd June, 2026 has approved the proposal for appointment of  Amit Lahoti, Advocate as a Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh," the Collegium's statement reads.The current working strength of the High Court is 40 judges against a sanctioned strength of 53.

 

Besides,  the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of six lawyers as Karnataka High Court judges.The advocates who have been proposed for appointment as judges include  Raghavendra Seetharam Srivatsa, Hema Kulkarni, Subramanya Rangarao, Thadagavadi Prakash Vivekananda, Bakkeswara Pramod, and Hombe Gowda Shanthi Bhushan.

 

Recently, the Central government had cleared the appointment of three judicial officers as additional judges of the Karnataka High Court. With their appointment, the working strength of the Court had risen to 48 judges as against a sanctioned strength of 62 judges.If these proposals get cleared, the working strength will rise to 54 judges.