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New Delhi: The Central Government approved on Thursday the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation to elevate three high court judges to the Supreme Court. The newly appointed judges are Justice NV Anjaria, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court; Justice Vijay Bishnoi, Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court; and Justice AS Chandurkar, a judge of the Bombay High Court. Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointments via X, stating that the President approved the elevations after consulting the Chief Justice of India. The recommendation was made by the Supreme Court Collegium, chaired by Chief Justice BR Gavai, during its meeting on May 26, 2025.
Justice NV Anjaria started his legal career at the Gujarat High Court in August 1988, was appointed an Additional Judge in November 2011, and became a permanent judge in September 2013. He was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court on February 25, 2024. Justice Vijay Bishnoi, who enrolled as an advocate on July 8, 1989, practiced at the Rajasthan High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal in Jodhpur, and became an Additional Judge of the Rajasthan High Court in January 2013 before being confirmed as a permanent judge in January 2015. He assumed the position of Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court on February 5, 2024. Justice AS Chandurkar began his legal practice in Mumbai in July 1988, later shifted to Nagpur in 1992, and was appointed an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in June 2013.
