The Supreme Court Collegium has resolved to recommend ten advocates to be the judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court and three judicial officers to be the judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

The Collegium in the meeting held on May 04th, 2026 has approved the following proposal.

The advocates recommended to be the judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court are:

1. Ms. Monica Chhibber Sharma,

2. Shri Harmeet Singh Deol,

3. Ms. Puja Chopra,

4. Shri Sunish Bindlish,

5. Shri Navdeep Singh,

6. Ms. Divya Sharma,

7. Shri Ravinder Malik,

8. Shri Pravindra Singh Chauhan,

9. Shri Rajesh Gaur, and

10. Shri Minderjeet Yadav.

The judicial officers recommended to be the judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court are:

1. Smt. Sunitha Gandham,

2. Shri Alapati Giridhar, and

3. Shri Purushottam Kumar Chintalapudi @ Ch. Purushottama Kumar.

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