Overview
- The Supreme Court Collegium, which met on Wednesday, recommended converting 12 Additional Judges to permanent status across the Gauhati, Uttarakhand, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh High Courts.
- The nominees named in the Collegium statements include Justice Kaushik Goswami for Gauhati and Justice Subhash Upadhyay for Uttarakhand, plus five judges each for Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.
- The Collegium step completes the court's internal approval but does not itself create the appointments because the President must issue formal notifications under Article 217.
- Before making these recommendations the Collegium relied on certified performance data supplied by the respective High Court chief justices, such as month‑wise case disposals, judgments delivered, working days and attendance.
- If the President signs the notifications the changes will boost permanent judicial strength and could affect case handling at the four High Courts, and observers will watch for any government response or delay in presidential action.