Supreme Court gets 5 new judges; strength to go up to 37

New Delhi ( Raghwendra Pratap Singh) :

Five new Judges were on Monday (June 1, 2026) appointed to the Supreme Court, which will now have 37 judges, one short of the upgraded sanctioned strength of 38. According to separate notifications issued by the department of justice in the Union law ministry on Monday morning, senior SC advocate Venkita Subramani Mohana, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, and Justice Arun Palli, Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court have been elevated as top court judges.

Supreme Court judges in India are appointed by the President of India based on the binding recommendations of the Supreme Court Collegium—a forum consisting of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and the four senior-most judges of the Court.

The Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President under clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution. The President consults with judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts to make informed appointments.