Supreme Court Collegium Clears Appointment of 15 Judicial Officers as High Court Judges

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on September 10, 2026, approved the proposal for appointment of 15 Judicial Officers as Judges across four High Courts.

The recommendations include 8 Judicial Officers for the Delhi High Court, 3 for the Karnataka High Court, 1 for the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, and 3 for the Jharkhand High Court.

Delhi High Court — 8 Judicial Officers

Gurvinder Pal Singh

Nivedita Anil Sharma

Nisha Sahay Saxena

Sanjay Sharma-I

Bharat Parashar

Dr. Aditi Choudhary

Dinesh Bhatt

Arun Bhardwaj

Karnataka High Court — 3 Judicial Officers

Usharani

K.S. Bharath Kumar

Nerale Veerabhadraiah Bhavani

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court — 1 Judicial Officer

Yash Paul Bourney

Jharkhand High Court — 3 Judicial Officers

Manoj Prasad

Akhil Kumar

Ram Sharma

The Collegium’s recommendations will now proceed through the next stage of the appointment process.