Justices Sunita Agarwal, D K Upadhyay and Aparesh Kumar Singh Recommended by Supreme Court Collegium as Judges of the Apex Court

Key facts

• The Supreme Court collegium recommended the chief justices of Gujarat, Delhi and Telangana High Courts — Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Aparesh Kumar Singh — for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court.
• The five-member collegium comprised Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Vikram Nath, B V Nagarathna, M M Sundresh and P S Narasimha.
• On acceptance of the recommendations, the Supreme Court's working strength will rise to 37 judges against a sanctioned strength of 38.
• Justice Sunita Agarwal's elevation will raise the number of women judges in the Supreme Court to two.
• With the elevations, representation of the Allahabad High Court, the parent high court of Justices Agarwal and Upadhyay, will increase to four, alongside Justices Vikram Nath and Manoj Mishra.
• Justices Agarwal and Upadhyay were appointed judges of the Allahabad High Court in November 2011, while Justice Singh became a judge of the Jharkhand High Court in January 2012.
• Justice Agarwal became Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court in July 2023.
• Justice Upadhyay served as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court from July 29, 2023, and took over as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court on January 21, 2025.
• Justice Upadhyay conducted the first inquiry into the discovery of burnt cash at Justice Yashwant Varma's residence in March last year.
• Justice Singh was Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court from April 2023 before being appointed Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court in July 2025.