Law ministry notified appointments of 13 chief justices

The law ministry on Saturday notified appointments of 13 chief justices — eight judges elevated as CJs and five transferred to high courts.

The Centre notified the transfer of Justice Akil Kureshi, Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court, who was at the centre of a two-year impasse within the Supreme Court collegium over the appointment of judges, as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.

Moreover, eight judges were on Saturday elevated as chief justices of various high courts.

• Justice Rajesh Bindal was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.
• Justice Ranjit V. More has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.
• Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court.
• Justice Prakash Srivastava has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
• Justice R.V. Malimath has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
• Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.
• Justice Aravind Kumar has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court.
• Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra would take over as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Five Chief Justices, including Justice Kureshi, have been transferred.

• Justice Indrajit Mahanty, Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, would take over as Tripura Chief Justice.
• Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq of Madhya Pradesh has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
• Chief Justice Biswanath Somadder of the Meghalaya High Court has been transferred as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.
• Justice A.K. Goswami has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court. He is presently the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.

The list of 13 CJs appointed and transferred on Saturday is part of the recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium on September 17.