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Centre Notifies Appointment Of Acting Chief Justices To Four High Courts Following Recent Supreme Court Elevations
|2 Jun 2026 1:30 PM IST
The Ministry of Law and Justice has notified the appointment of Acting Chief Justices to Punjab & Haryana High Court, Bombay High Court, Madhya Pradesh High Court, and Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court following the elevation of their respective Chief Justices to the Supreme Court of India.
Through a gazette notification dated June 1, the Ministry announced the following appointments:
- Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra as Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, succeeding Chief Justice Justice Sheel Nagu after his elevation to the Supreme Court.
- Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge as Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, following the elevation of Chief Justice Justice Shree Chandrashekhar.
- Justice Vivek Rusia as Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, after Chief Justice Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva was elevated to the Apex Court.
- Justice Sanjeev Kumar as Acting Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, succeeding Chief Justice Justice Arun Palli.