Supreme Court constitutes a Standing Committee on Judicial Well-being chaired by Justice K.V. Viswanathan

10 October 2026

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant constituted a Standing Committee on Judicial Well-being on 10 October 2026, World Mental Health Day.
Justice K.V. Viswanathan, Judge of the Supreme Court of India, chairs the committee.
Its members are Dr. Savita Malhotra, former Dean of PGIMER Chandigarh and Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry; Mr. Rajat Mitra, psychologist and Director and Co-founder of Swanchetan Society for Mental Health; Ms. Mrinal Kanwar, Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India; and Ms. Aarti Singh, Registrar (J), Centre for Research and Planning, Supreme Court of India.
The committee is to be a continuing institutional platform that identifies areas needing institutional intervention, coordinates welfare measures, develops guidance and periodically reviews support initiatives for judicial officers.
It was set up on the findings of a study by the Supreme Court's Centre for Research and Planning on the well-being of District Judiciary officers, which covered occupational stress, workload, exhaustion, staffing, infrastructure, transfers, work-life balance and institutional support.
The press release refers to the Nauru Declaration on Judicial Well-being, adopted on 25 July 2024, which calls for systemic and evidence-based measures to protect the physical and mental health of judges.
It also notes that the United Nations General Assembly in March 2025 designated 25 July every year as the International Day for Judicial Well-being.