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Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant is acceptable to administer the oath of bureau to 5 caller judges of the Supreme Court connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026), pursuing the Centre’s support of their elevation to the apex court.
According to a circular issued by the Supreme Court Registry, the swearing-in ceremonial of Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva, and Arun Palli, on with elder advocator V. Mohana, volition beryllium held astatine 10.30 a.m. successful the Auditorium connected the 3rd level of the Administrative Buildings Complex (ABC) of the Supreme Court.
The Registry has made peculiar arrangements for the ceremonial and notified officers, unit members, and coordinating agencies, including the Supreme Court Security and the CPWD. In presumption of the event, parking of vehicles, but those of Registrars, volition not beryllium permitted successful the Administrative Buildings Complex connected the time of the ceremony.
Acting connected the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendations, the Centre cleared the appointments of the 4 High Court Chief Justices and elder advocator Mohana arsenic judges of the apical court. Earlier connected Monday, Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal, successful a station connected X, said that the President, aft consultation with the Chief Justice of India (CJI), had appointed Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva, and Arun Palli, on with elder advocator V. Mohana, arsenic judges of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court Collegium, successful its meetings held connected May 22 and May 27, had recommended the elevation of Justice Sheel Nagu, 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 Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court; and elder advocator V. Mohana.
Justice Nagu was appointed arsenic a justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court successful May 2011 and became Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court successful July 2024.
Justice Chandrashekhar was elevated to the Jharkhand High Court successful January 2013 and took implicit arsenic Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court successful January 2025.
Justice Sachdeva was appointed an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court successful April 2013, became a imperishable justice successful March 2015, and assumed bureau arsenic Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court successful July 2025.
Justice Palli was elevated to the Punjab and Haryana High Court successful December 2013 and appointed Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court successful April 2025. Senior advocator Mohana has been practising earlier the Supreme Court and has appeared successful respective constitutional, civil, and work instrumentality matters.
As per the existing Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), the CJI, on with the 4 senior-most Supreme Court judges, commonly known arsenic the Collegium, forwards its recommendations to the Centre to capable vacancies successful the apex court.
The swearing-in volition further fortify the apex tribunal pursuing the promulgation of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 2026, which accrued the sanctioned spot of judges from 33 to 37, excluding the Chief Justice of India.
