Supreme Court gets five new judges as president approves appointments

NEW DELHI, June 1, 2026 :- The President of India has appointed five new judges to the Supreme Court of India in exercise of the powers conferred by clause 2 of Article 124 of the Constitution of India.

The official notifications for the appointments were issued today by the Ministry of Law and Justice, signed by Jagannath Srinivasan, Joint Secretary to the Government of India.

The new appointees include Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana; Shree Chandrashekhar, Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay; Sanjeev Sachdeva, Chief Justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh; and Arun Palli, Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Senior advocate Venkita Subramani Mohana has also been appointed as a judge of the apex court.The appointed judges will officially assume their respective roles in the Supreme Court of India with effect from the date they take charge of their office.