Supreme Court Collegium Clears 11 Names for Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, has approved the appointment of 11 persons as judges to the Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh High Courts. The decisions were taken at a Collegium meeting held on Friday, October 30, with six names cleared for Chhattisgarh and five for Madhya Pradesh.

The Collegium, which also comprises Justices Vikram Nath and B V Nagarathna, recommended four advocates and two judicial officers for appointment to the Chhattisgarh High Court.

The four advocates cleared for elevation are Anand Shukla, Ratna Nidhi Pusty, Shashank Thakur and Sourabh Sharma. The two judicial officers recommended are Rajnish Shrivastava and Balram Prasad Verma.

For the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the Collegium approved the elevation of five judicial officers. They are Renuka Kanchan, Krishnamurty Mishra, Virendra Singh Rajput, Mamta Jain and Ashita Shrivastava.

The recommendations cover candidates from both the legal profession and the judicial service in Chhattisgarh, while all five candidates recommended for Madhya Pradesh are serving judicial officers.