ON MAY 27, the Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Vikram Nath, J.K. Maheshwari, B.V. Nagarathna and M.M. Sundresh recommended the elevation of five names. If the appointments are confirmed, the Supreme Court will function with a strength of 37 judges including the CJI, and one vacancy.
The list includes four sitting Chief Justices of High Courts and one senior advocate for elevation as judges to the Supreme Court. These are Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva, Arun Palli, and Senior Advocate V. Mohana. None of them will be in line to eventually become Chief Justice of India, if appointed.
Here is a brief background on each of them.
1. Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
Justice Sheel Nagu enrolled as an advocate in October 1987 and built his practice on the civil and constitutional sides at the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur. There, he was elevated as an Additional Judge in May 2011 and confirmed as a Permanent Judge in May 2013. He was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in May 2024.
