BREAKING| Centre Notifies Appointment Of 5 Supreme Court Judges : 4 HC CJs & Sr Adv V Mohana

The Central Government has notified the elevation of five persons as judges of the Supreme Court, including four sitting Chief Justices of High Courts and Senior Advocate V. Mohana, who practises at the Apex Court.

The recommendation was made at the Supreme Court Collegium meetings held on May 22 and 27.

The names approved for appointment are :

• Justice Sheel Nagu, presently Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court;
• Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court;
• Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court;
• Justice Arun Palli, Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh; and
• Senior Advocate V. Mohana.

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointments in a social media post this morning.

The appointment of Sr Adv V Mohana will add to the women's representation in the Supreme Court. The Court presently has only one woman judge, Justice BV Nagarathna. After August 2021, no woman has been appointed to the Supreme Court.

Recently, the strength of the Supreme Court was increased to 38 judges (including the CJI), raising it by 4. The Court presently has 32 judges. Two more vacancies are to arise soon with the retirements of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Pankaj Mithal in June.