SC Collegium Clears Appointment of 26 Judges to Allahabad High Court

In its meeting held on 1 September 2025, the Supreme Court Collegium approved the appointment of 26 new judges to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.

The recommendations include 12 advocates and 14 judicial officers.

From the Bar, the approved names are:

1. Shri Vivek Saran,
2. Shri Adnan Ahmad,
3. Shri Vivek Kumar Singh,
4. Smt. Garima Prashad,
5. Shri Sudhanshu Chauhan,
6. Shri Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary,
7. Smt. Swarupama Chaturvedi,
8. Shri Jai Krishna Upadhyay,
9. Shri Siddharth Nandan,
10. Shri Kunal Ravi Singh,
11. Shri Indrajeet Shukla, and
12. Shri Satya Veer Singh.

From the judicial service, the Collegium approved:

1. Dr. Ajay Kumar- II,
2. Shri Chawan Prakash,
3. Shri Divesh Chandra Samant,
4. Shri Prashant Mishra-I,
5. Shri Tarun Saxena,
6. Shri Rajeev Bharti,
7. Shri Padam Narain Mishra,
8. Shri Lakshmi Kant Shukla,
9. Shri Jai Prakash Tiwari,
10. Shri Devendra Singh-I,
11. Shri Sanjiv Kumar,
12. Smt. Vani Ranjan Agrawal,
13. Shri Achal Sachdev, and
14. Smt. Babita Rani