The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday (August 31, 2026) recommended Chhattisgarh High Court judge, Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal, for appointment as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.
The resolution by the Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant came days after letters written by serving top court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta, complaining of the conduct of Rajasthan Acting Chief Justice S.P. Sharma, became public. The Supreme Court judge highlighted that his entreaties to Chief Justice Kant to transfer Justice Sharma out of Rajasthan failed to evoke any response. Justice Mehta had sought a regular Chief Justice for the Rajasthan High Court. The Collegium has, in a separate resolution, recommended the immediate transfer of Justice Agrawal to the Rajasthan High Court, pending his appointment as its Chief Justice.
Justice Sharma had been the Acting Chief Justice for the past 10 months. In a separate resolution, the Supreme Court Collegium said it had recommended, in a meeting held on August 6, to appoint Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra, a judge of the High Court of Orissa, as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court on the retirement of the incumbent on September 4, 2026.
Justice Mehta, in a series of three letters in August, had accused Justice Sharma of “favouritism” and misconduct.
