4 male high court chief justices, 1 female advocate appointed Supreme Court judges

4 male high court chief justices, 1 female advocate appointed Supreme Court judges

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ June 1,2026

The Central government has cleared the appointment of four High Court Chief Justices and Senior Advocate V Mohana as judges of the Supreme Court

Vide Notifications of even number dated 01.06.2026, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the  President of India is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice, High Court of Punjab and Haryana,

(ii) Shri Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Chief Justice, High Court of Bombay,

(iii) Shri Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Chief Justice, High Court of Madhya Pradesh,

(iv) Shri Justice Arun Palli, Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and

(v) Smt. Venkita Subramani Mohana, Senior advocate, to be Judges of the Supreme Court of India with effect from the date they assume charge of their office.

The Government last month promulgated an ordinance amending a law to increase the sanctioned strength of the apex court to 38 from 34, including the Chief Justice of India.

While there were already two vacancies, after the sanctioned strength was increased, altogether six posts became vacant in the apex court.

With five appointments on Monday (June 1, 2026), the Supreme Court has one vacancy.