President appoints 4 Judges to Punjab and Haryana and Chhattisgarh High Courts

The President of India on September 8, 2026, appointed Justice Rohit Kapoor as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Kapoor, currently an Additional Judge of the same High Court, will assume office as a permanent Judge effective from the date he takes charge.

Simultaneously, the President appointed Santosh Sharma, Sushma Sawant, and Sudhir Kumar as Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court, with their appointments effective from their respective dates of assumption of charge. All appointments follow recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium on August 18, 2026, and are issued under Article 217(1) of the Constitution.