The Supreme Court Collegium on Friday recommended the appointment of five judicial officers as judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

The judicial officers recommended for elevation are:

- Renuka Kanchan;

- Krishnamurty Mishra;

- Virendra Singh Rajput;

- Mamta Jain;

- Ashita Shrivastava.

The Collegium had also recommended the appointment of seven advocates as judges of the High Court on October 26.

The Collegium's recommendations will now be forwarded to the Central government for further processing.

The appointments will take effect once the Central government clears the recommendations and the President of India issues the necessary warrants of appointment.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has a sanctioned strength of 53 judges. As of September 2026, the High Court had 38 serving judges against a sanctioned strength of 53, leaving 15 vacancies.

[Read Collegium Statement]