New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, has recommended the appointment of 11 judges to two high courts — five for the Madhya Pradesh High Court and six for the Chhattisgarh High Court — at its meeting held on October 30, 2026, according to the Collegium statements published on the Supreme Court's website.

Source: Supreme Court of India — Collegium Resolutions

Five judicial officers for Madhya Pradesh

All five names cleared for the Madhya Pradesh High Court are serving judicial officers: Renuka Kanchan, Krishnamurty Mishra, Virendra Singh Rajput, Mamta Jain and Ashita Shrivastava, IANS reported.

Source: IANS

Four advocates, two judicial officers for Chhattisgarh

For the Chhattisgarh High Court, the Collegium recommended four advocates — Anand Shukla, Ratna Nidhi Pusty, Shashank Thakur and Sourabh Sharma — along with two judicial officers, Rajnish Shrivastava and Balram Prasad Verma, according to the Collegium statements reported by Verdictum.

Source: Verdictum

What happens next

The recommendations now go to the Union government, after which the appointments are formally notified. Appointments in the higher judiciary are a continuous, integrated and collaborative process between the judiciary and the executive at the state and central levels, and only persons recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium are appointed as high court judges, IANS noted.

Earlier this week, the same Collegium cleared nine advocates as judges of another high court. Read: Collegium clears nine judges for J&K and Ladakh High Court