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New Judges Appointed to the Supreme Court | October 2026

On 6 October, Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Aparesh Kumar Singh were sworn in as Judges of the Supreme Court.

SCO Team

7th Oct 2026

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From “Resolution” to “Statement”

Three new judges were recommended to the Supreme Court. The Collegium said little about them. We asked practitioners.

Advay Vora

4th Oct 2026

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Three new judges recommended for the Supreme Court

Two of the three recommendations have their parent High Courts of Allahabad; one recommendation hails from Jharkhand

Advay Vora

29th Sep 2026

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Monthly Review: May 2026

May saw the recommendation of five new judges and a closure on the year-long challenge against the Bihar SIR

Charu Sabharwal

5th Jun 2026

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Five more chairs

With its first set of recommendations, the Collegium has an opportunity to address the religious diversity question in its next cycle

Advay Vora

31st May 2026

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Five new judges recommended for appointment to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended four HC Chief Justices and a senior advocate for appointment to the apex court

Advay Vora

28th May 2026

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Strength and speculation

Speculation surrounds the six vacanies—who will be elevated to the top court?

Debjani M

25th May 2026

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Ordinance lifts SC strength to 38, Collegium likely to begin deliberations

The executive’s urgency in enhancing the strength comes two weeks before the Supreme Court begins its six-week long Partial Working Days

V. Venkatesan

18th May 2026

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Cabinet clears Bill to expand Supreme Court strength to 38 judges

The proposal suggests that a bigger strength would translate to speedy justice as pendency trends reach new records

V. Venkatesan

6th May 2026

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How many judges have been members of the Supreme Court Collegium?

The first publicly available dataset on the Supreme Court Collegium reveals 89 members over 33 years

Shalom Gauri

9th Apr 2026

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A reform and its shadow

The Collegium's new advance-transfer policy is a welcome administrative fix packaged with a less comfortable supersession.

V. Venkatesan

10th Mar 2026

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Supreme Court Review 2025: Seven new judges appointed to the top court

Two future Chief Justices of India were elevated in 2025; the year closed with 33 sitting judges

Advay Vora

27th Dec 2025

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