10 Lawyers, 14 Judicial Officers Take Oath As Judges Of Allahabad High Court, Total Strength Rises To 110

On Saturday, 10 lawyers, 14 Judicial Officers took oath as judges of the Allahabad High Court raising its strength to 110, including the Chief Justice. The sanctioned strength of the Allahabad High Court is 160 judges.

The Central Government, on Friday, 26^th September 2025, notified the appointment of 10 lawyers and 14 judicial officers as judges of the Allahabad High Court.

1. Vivek Saran, Advocate

2. Vivek Kumar Singh, Advocate

3. Garima Prashad, Advocate

4. Sudhanshu Chauhan, Advocate

5. Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary, Advocate

6. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Advocate

7. Siddharth Nandan, Advocate

8. Kunal Ravi Singh, Advocate

9. Indrajeet Shukla, Advocate

10. Satya Veer Singh, Advocate

11. Dr. Ajay Kumar-II, Judicial Officer

12. Chawan Prakash, Judicial Officer

13. Divesh Chandra Samant, Judicial Officer

14. Prashant Mishra-I, Judicial Officer

15. Tarun Saxena, Judicial Officer

16. Rajeev Bharti, Judicial Officer

17. Padam Narain Mishra, Judicial Officer

18. Lakshmi Kant Shukla, Judicial Officer

19. Jai Prakash Tiwari, Judicial Officer

20. Devendra Singh-I, Judicial Officer

21. Sanjiv Kumar, Judicial Officer

22. Vani Ranjan Agrawal, Judicial Officer

23. Achal Sachdev, Judicial Officer

24. Babita Rani, Judicial Officer

On September 2, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the appointment of 12 lawyers and 14 judicial officers as judges of the Allahabad High Court. However, names of 2 lawyers have been withheld by the Government.