On Tuesday, seven judges were officially appointed as permanent judges in four high courts.

Justices Ananya Bandyopadhyay, Rai Chattopadhyay, Shampa Dutt (Paul), and Raja Basu Chowdhury of the Calcutta High Court were made permanent judges.

Justice Lapita Banerji of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Shobha Annamma Eapen of the Kerala High Court, and Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava of the Jharkhand High Court were also elevated as permanent judges.

Justice Subhendu Samanta, an additional judge at the Calcutta High Court, has been granted a renewed term of one year, starting May 18.

The Collegium resolution declared they were assessed as being fit and suitable for the said appointment.

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointments in a post on X.