Bar & Bench is launching a new series called Judicial Appointments Tracker, aimed at tracking the appointment and transfer of High Court and Supreme Court judges, starting 2025. .The series will provide monthly updates on the appointment status of a candidate from the time they are recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium until the appointment is cleared by the Central government..Below are the details of the recommendations made by the Collegium since January 1 this year and their current status..January 7, 2025.Justice K Vinod Chandran, who was then serving as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, was recommended for elevation to the Supreme Court.The same was cleared by the Central government on January 13 and Justice Chandran took oath as an apex court judge on January 16..The Collegium on January 7 also recommended the transfer of two High Court Chief Justices - Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Alok Aradhe.Justice Upadhyaya was recommended for transfer from the Bombay High Court to the Delhi High Court. The Central government cleared the same on January 14 and Justice Upadhyaya took oath as Delhi High Court Chief Justice on January 21.Justice Aradhe was recommended by Collegium for transfer from the Telangana High Court to the Bombay High Court. The same was cleared by the Central government on January 14 and he took oath on January 21..The Collegium on January 7 also recommended that two additional judges of the Gauhati High Court - Justices Kardak Ete and Mridul Kumar Kalita - be made permanent judges of that Court. The Central government cleared the same on January 17..January 11, 2025.The Collegium on January 11 recommended the appointment of four judicial officers as judges of Telangana High Court. The persons recommended were Renuka Yara, Narsing Rao Nandikonda, Tirumala Devi Eada @ Thirupathamma K and Madhusudhan Rao Bobbili Ramaiah.On the same date, the Collegium also recommended the names of two judicial officers - Avadhanam Hari Haranadha Sarma and Dr. Yadavalli Lakshmana Rao - for appointment as judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.The Central government cleared all four appointments to the Telangana High Court and both the names recommended for elevation to the Andhra Pradesh High Court on January 22..Thus, the Supreme Court Collegium passed 5 resolutions in January 2025 in which it made recommendations with respect to 11 judges. All these recommendations were promptly cleared by the Central government.
