New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended nine names to the center for appointment as judges at the apex court. The Supreme Court Collegium headed by CJI N V Ramana recommended three women high court judges in the list and four of the judges to be elevated are chief justices of high courts, said Supreme Court in a statement.

The chief justices of high courts whose names are recommended are — Justices Abhay Shreeniwas Oka of the Karnataka High Court, Vikram Nath of the Gujarat High Court, Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari of Sikkim High Court and Justice Hima Kohli of Telengana High Court. Besides, names of Justice B V Nagarathna from the Karnataka High Court, Justice C T Ravikumar of Kerala High Court, Justice M M Sundresh of Madras High Court and Justice Bela Trivedi from the Gujarat High Court judge have been recommended by the Collegium.

Senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General P S Narasimha, whose name if cleared, would became the sixth lawyer to be elevated to the top court bench directly from the Bar.