Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 14 Advocates To Be Judges Of Bombay High Court

Suchita Shukla

20 Aug 2025 10:30 AM IST

The Supreme Court Collegium resolved to recommend the appointment of 14 advocates as judges of the Bombay High Court.

These recommendations were issued through two separate resolutions on August 19, 2025.

The first resolution proposed the elevation of the following eight advocates to the bench:

Siddheshwar Sundarrao Thombre
Mehroz Ashraf Khan Pathan
Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale
Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil
Shreeram Vinayak Shirsat
Hiten Shamrao Venegavkar
Rajnish Ratnakar Vyas
Raj Damodar Wakode

A second resolution listed the names of six additional advocates recommended for judgeship:

Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande

Amit Satyavan Jamsandekar
Ashish Sahadev Chavan
Vaishali Nimbajirao Patil-Jadhav
Abasaheb Dharmaji Shinde
Farhan Parvez Dubash

In another separate notification, two additional judges of the Gauhati High Court have been recommended to be made permanent.

The names are:

Justice Budi Habung,
Justice N. Unni Krishnan Nair.

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Suchita Shukla

Suchita Shukla is an Assistant Editor at Verdictum, with a strong foundation in legal research and writing, she brings over 4.5 years of experience to the table, having honed her skills in the dynamic field of law. She covers Supreme Court and High Courts. She completed her BA-LLB (Hons.) 5-year course with specialisation in Intellectual Property rights from Galgotias University. Since 2019, apart from having worked at a legal publishing house she has also ventured into legal journalism.