The Delhi High Court has notified its fresh roster with effect from July 1, 2026, introducing significant changes across the Intellectual Property Division, Original Side, commercial and writ jurisdictions.

Among the most significant changes, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani has been inducted into the Intellectual Property (IP) Division, replacing Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. Justice Bhambhani will sit alongside Justice Jyoti Singh to hear intellectual property disputes and IPR suits assigned to the IP Division.

Another major change sees Justice Om Prakash Shukla move from the Division Bench to the Original Side, where he has been designated as a Commercial Division judge and assigned a dedicated arbitration roster. He will hear arbitration matters under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, including a substantial category of legacy arbitration petitions and execution proceedings. Fresh arbitration matters will continue to be allocated by the Judge-in-Charge (Original Side).

The roster also marks an important shift in the civil writ jurisdiction. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has been assigned the Civil Writ (Miscellaneous) roster replacing Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav.

On the commercial side, the High Court has reconstituted the Commercial Division with seven single-judge benches comprising Justices Avneesh Jhingan, Subramonium Prasad, Jyoti Singh, Anup Jairam Bhambhani, Tushar Rao Gedela, Sachin Datta and Om Prakash Shukla. Eight Division Benches have also been designated as Commercial Appellate Divisions.

The roster further retains the Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia as the court hearing fresh PILs, constitutional challenges and commercial appellate matters, while Justice Manoj Jain has been assigned criminal cases involving sitting and former MPs and MLAs.