Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer of 17 High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday, 21 September, recommended the transfer of seventeen judges across High Courts in India, the decision for which was taken at a Collegium meeting held on 16 September.In a Bid to Fill Vacancies, Supreme Court Collegium Clears 68 Names for HCsThe Judges proposed for transfer are:Justice Sabina – from Rajasthan High Court to Himachal Pradesh High CourtJustice AM Badar – from Kerala High Court to Patna High CourtJustice Vivek Agarwal – from Allahabad High Court to Madhya Pradesh High CourtJustice Ravi Nath Tilhari – from Allahabad High Court to Andhra Pradesh High CourtJustice Chandra Dhari Singh – from Allahabad High Court to Delhi High CourtJustice Anoop Chitkara – from Himachal Pradesh High Court to Punjab and Haryana High CourtJustice Yashwant Varma – from Allahabad High Court to Delhi High CourtJustice TS Sivagnanam – from Madras High Court to Calcutta High CourtJustice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava – from Chattisgarh High Court to Rajasthan High CourtJustice Arindam Sinha – from Calcutta High Court to Orissa High CourtJustice Ujjal Bhuyan – from Bombay High Court to Telangana High CourtJustice Jaswant Singh – from Punjab and Haryana High Court to Orissa High CourtJustice MSS Ramachandra Rao – from Telangana High Court to Punjab and Haryana High CourtJustice Ahsanuddin Amanullah – from Patna High Court to Andhra Pradesh High CourtJustice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra – from Orissa High Court to Uttarakhand High CourtJustice Soumen Sen – from Calcutta High Court to Orissa High CourtJustice Paresh R Upadhyay – from Gujarat High Court to Madras High CourtSupreme Court Must Not Fall for Centre's Attempt to Mislead on Digital MediaThe Supreme Court Collegium also recommended new Chief Justices for 13 high courts across the country.While five of those are Chief Justices who will be transferred from other high courts, eight are puisne judges who will be elevated as Chief Justices, Bar and Bench reported.Chief Justices recommended for transfer to other HCs: Justice Akil Kureshi, from Tripura to Rajasthan HCJustice Indrajit Mahanty, from Rajasthan to Tripura HCJustice Mohammad Rafiq, from Madhya Pradesh to Himachal Pradesh HCJustice Arup Kumar Goswami, from Andhra Pradesh to Chhattisgarh HCJustice Biswanath Somadder, from Meghalaya to Sikkim HCThe eight puisine judges recommended for appointment to various High Courts as Chief Justices:Justice Rajesh Bindal, Allahabad High CourtJustice Prakash Shrivastava, Calcutta High CourtJustice PK Mishra, Andhra Pradesh High CourtJustice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Karnataka High CourtJustice Satish Chandra Sharma, Telangana High CourtJustice Aravind Kumar, Gujarat High CourtJustice RV Malimath, Madhya Pradesh High CourtJustice Ranjit V More, Meghalaya High CourtThe recommendations come just a month after the Collegium had recommended nine judges, including three women judges, for appointment to the Supreme Court. The recommendations were cleared by the central government within a week, taking the working strength of the Supreme Court from 24 to 33, just one short of its sanctioned strength of 34.Moreover, between 8 August and 1 September, the apex court collegium had processed over 100 names recommended by various high courts and had finally sent 68 names to the government for appointment as judges to 12 high courts.As per sources, however, the government is yet to take a call on the recommendations, on appointing a total of 68 judicial officers and advocates as judges of various high courts, Indian Express reported.(With inputs from Bar & Bench and The Indian Express)

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Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer of 17 High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium also recommended new Chief Justices for 13 High Courts across the country.

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