Supreme Court Collegium Names Four High Court Chief Justices

The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday, 26 October, recommended four judges for appointment as Chief Justices of High Courts: Justice P Sam Koshy for Delhi, Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak for Gujarat, Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty for Telangana and Justice Sudhir Singh for Uttarakhand. The recommendations are contained in a Collegium resolution dated 26 October, and they now go to the Centre for processing.

Four Courts Move Toward Permanent Heads

Once the Centre accepts a recommendation, the President signs the warrant of appointment and the judge takes the oath. Until then, each of these courts continues under its existing arrangement. Justice Chakraborty is a judge of the Calcutta High Court, and Justice Sudhir Singh is a judge of the Patna High Court, according to the reports on the resolution.

Lawyers and litigants in Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Dehradun will not see a change in court listings until the notifications are issued.

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How Chakraborty Reached the Bench

Justice Chakraborty was appointed an additional judge of the Calcutta High Court on 30 October 2013 and became a permanent judge on 14 March 2016, Deccan Chronicle reported. He practised mainly in civil and constitutional matters before that.

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Centre’s Notification Is the Next Step

The reports on the resolution do not say that appointment notifications have been issued for the four names. The usual sequence is that the Centre processes the file, the warrants are notified, and the judges are sworn in at their new courts. No date has been given for any of these steps.

The Collegium met on the same day to recommend new judges for the Bombay and Madhya Pradesh High Courts, LiveLaw reported.

Source: Supreme Court Collegium resolution, 26 October 2026 (copy hosted by LiveLaw). Also based on reporting by Bar & Bench, LiveLaw and Deccan Chronicle.

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