https://indianpolitics.co/tags/appointments/Recent content in Appointments on Indian PoliticsHugoen-INTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:06:20 +0530https://indianpolitics.co/news/2026/10/governors-reshuffle-six-states-president-murmu-appoints/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:06:20 +0530https://indianpolitics.co/news/2026/10/governors-reshuffle-six-states-president-murmu-appoints/<p>President Droupadi Murmu on Monday, 12 October 2026, appointed Governors for six states, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique reported by The Hindu and The Indian Express.</p> <h2 id="the-appointments">The appointments</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Tamil Nadu:</strong> Rajendra Arlekar, who had held additional charge of Tamil Nadu alongside Keralam, becomes full-time Governor of Tamil Nadu.</li> <li><strong>Keralam:</strong> O.P. Mathur, until now Governor of Sikkim, is appointed Governor of Keralam in place of Mr Arlekar.</li> <li><strong>Karnataka:</strong> Sudha Yadav is appointed Governor, replacing Thawarchand Gahlot, according to The Hindu.</li> <li><strong>Odisha:</strong> Braj Mohan Ram (spelt &ldquo;Brij Mohan Ram&rdquo; by The Hindu) is appointed Governor.</li> <li><strong>Uttarakhand:</strong> Dhal Singh Bisen is appointed Governor.</li> <li><strong>Sikkim:</strong> Dushyant Gautam is appointed Governor.</li> </ul> <h2 id="background-of-the-appointees">Background of the appointees</h2> <p>According to The Hindu, Ms Yadav is a former Lok Sabha member from Mahendragarh, Haryana (1999–2004), and was a member of the BJP&rsquo;s Parliamentary Board from August 2022 until the new team under party president Nitin Nabin took charge. Mr Ram was a Lok Sabha member for Palamau, Jharkhand, between 1996 and 2004. Mr Bisen is a former MP from Madhya Pradesh and has served as a minister in the state government. Mr Gautam is a former Rajya Sabha member and served as BJP general secretary under J.P. Nadda&rsquo;s presidency. The Hindu reports that Mr Bisen succeeds Lt. Gen. (retd) Gurmeet Singh, whose five-year term in Uttarakhand ended in September.</p>https://indianpolitics.co/news/2026/10/cji-to-examine-recall-plea-cec-appointments-law-split-verdict/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:05:51 +0530https://indianpolitics.co/news/2026/10/cji-to-examine-recall-plea-cec-appointments-law-split-verdict/<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, agreed to examine an application seeking recall of its 23 September split verdict in the challenge to the law on appointing election commissioners, The Hindu, Scroll.in and ThePrint reported. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan mentioned the application orally before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, who agreed to examine it and take a call on hearing it.</p>