Allahabad High Court Swears In 10 Lawyers and 14 Judicial Officers as Judges, Raising Strength to 110
Kiran Raj
On Saturday, the Allahabad High Court welcomed 24 new judges, comprising 10 lawyers and 14 judicial officers, who took the oath of office. With these appointments, the Court’s working strength has risen to 110 judges, including the Chief Justice, against a sanctioned strength of 160.
The Central Government had issued the notification for these appointments on Friday, 26 September 2025.
The newly appointed judges from the Bar are: Vivek Saran, Vivek Kumar Singh, Garima Prashad, Sudhanshu Chauhan, Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary, Swarupama Chaturvedi, Siddharth Nandan, Kunal Ravi Singh, Indrajeet Shukla, and Satya Veer Singh.
The newly appointed judges from the judicial service are: Dr. Ajay Kumar-II, Chawan Prakash, Divesh Chandra Samant, Prashant Mishra-I, Tarun Saxena, Rajeev Bharti, Padam Narain Mishra, Lakshmi Kant Shukla, Jai Prakash Tiwari, Devendra Singh-I, Sanjiv Kumar, Vani Ranjan Agrawal, Achal Sachdev, and Babita Rani.
Earlier, on 2 September 2025, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of 12 advocates and 14 judicial officers as judges of the Allahabad High Court. However, the Central Government has withheld the names of two advocates from the recommended list.
