People, Positions and Obituaries · 6 September 2026
Eight High Court Judges Appointed as Chief Justices
Exam-focused facts from the 6 September 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Justice Sanjay Kumar Agarwal of the Chhattisgarh High Court was appointed Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.
- Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao of the Delhi High Court was appointed Chief Justice of the Patna High Court.
- Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge of the Bombay High Court was appointed Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
- Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was appointed Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra of the Orissa High Court was appointed Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.
- Justice Alpesh Yeshwant Kogje of the Gujarat High Court was appointed Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
- Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi of the Allahabad High Court was appointed Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
- Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati of the Rajasthan High Court was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.