ON SATURDAY EVENING, the Union Government appointed Chief Justices to eight High Courts, namely the High Courts of Patna, Calcutta, Rajasthan, Bombay, Punjab and Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
Delhi High Court judge Justice V. Kameswar Rao has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court.
Bombay High Court’s Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
Allahabad High Court’s Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Chief Justice of that High Court. Justice Mishra originally comes from the Allahabad High Court.
These four sets of recommendations were made by the Supreme Court Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Vikram Nath and B.V. Nagarathna on August 6, 2026.
