Supreme Court Collegium: The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the transfer of seven High Court judges. The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, has recommended the transfer of 7 High Court judges. However, the name of Gujarat High Court Justice Nikhil S Karial is not included in the proposal. The proposed transfer of Nikhil S Karial to the Patna High Court was strongly opposed by the State High Court lawyers.

Whose name is included in the list

It has been recommended to transfer Justices Battu Devanand and D Ramesh from the Andhra Pradesh High Court to the Madras and Allahabad High Courts respectively. Also, a recommendation has been made to transfer Justice Lalitha Kanneganti of the Telangana High Court to the Karnataka High Court. After being appointed in May 9673, Justice Kanneganti was transferred from his parent High Court of Andhra Pradesh only in November last year. was transferred to the Telangana High Court. At the same time, Justice D Nagarjuna and Abhishek Reddy of Telangana High Court have also been recommended to be transferred to Madras and Patna High Court respectively. The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Justice VM from the Madras High Court. ,T Raja will be transferred to Rajasthan High Court

Wherein, Velumani and T Raja will be transferred to Calcutta and Rajasthan High Court respectively. With this, Justice Raja is currently the senior most judge and acting Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. His transfer will require the government to appoint either a new acting chief justice or a chief justice. Whereas, Justice S Muralidhar, Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, to be transferred as Chief Justice of Madras High Court The recommendation of the collegium as on September is pending with the government.

Justice Nikhil S Kariel’s name not in the list

The collegium has not recommended transfer of Gujarat High Court judge Justice Nikhil Kariel following a representation from the Gujarat Bar opposing the proposed transfer. According to a report published in The Indian Express, the collegium was considering the transfer of Justice Kariel to the Patna High Court and had written to Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Arvind Kumar for his opinion. However, the Gujarat High Court Advocates Bar Association went on strike and made a representation to the members of the Supreme Collegium. 21 november The group of lawyers had met CJI Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MR Shah before calling off their strike.

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Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 12: 09 PM IST