The Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, has approved proposals to appoint 11 individuals as judges of the Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh High Courts. The Collegium cleared six names for the Chhattisgarh High Court and five for the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
For the Chhattisgarh High Court, the Collegium approved four advocates—Anand Shukla, Ratna Nidhi Pusty, Shashank Thakur, and Sourabh Sharma—alongside two judicial officers, Rajnish Shrivastava and Balram Prasad Verma, for appointment as judges.
In a separate statement, the Collegium approved the elevation of five judicial officers to the Madhya Pradesh High Court: Renuka Kanchan, Krishnamurty Mishra, Virendra Singh Rajput, Mamta Jain, and Ashita Shrivastava.
