Collegium clears backlog, recommends 6 new CJs, 1 CJ transfer, one conversion to regular CJ

Friday, 22 January 2016 By Legally India Bar, Bench & Litigation

Several chief justices (CJ) will be moved, according to several press reports.

The Hindu reported the following recommendations for moves of justices to be made by the collegium, which are yet to be announced by the president in several days:

Chief justice transfers / confirmations

  • DH Waghela, CJ of Orissa high court (HC) to CJ of Bombay HC;
  • SK Mukherjee, acting CJ of Karnataka HC, to regular CJ of Karnataka HC.

New chief justices

  • Ajit Singh, judge of Rajasthan HC to CJ of Gauhati HC;
  • Dinesh Maheswari, judge of Allahabad HC, to CJ of Meghalaya HC;
  • Vineet Saran, judge of Karnataka HC, to CJ of Orissa HC;
  • SK Mittal, judge of Punjab and Haryana HC, to CJ of Rajasthan HC,
  • Hemant Gupta, judge of the Punjab and Haryana HC, as acting CJ of Patna HC;
  • R Subhash Reddy, judge of the Andhra Pradesh/Telangana HC, to CJ of Gujarat HC.
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Comments

guest24Jan 24 Jan 2016, 07:10
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Kian I would suggested that u check the bio section of the high courts and makes a list of the law schools our judges are from. You will note that most are from ordinary colleges, not the NLUs, even though the first batch of NLSIU are now old enough to be judges. This shows that the experiment to improve the quality of the bar and bench by inducting brights graduates of NLUs has failed. The judiciary even lacks people from Symbiosis, ILS etc, and very few have LLMs from abroad.

You should do a story on this
djshah 24 Jan 2016, 14:14
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My matter has been dismissed in Objection stage. After 3 years pend ency. I can not afford to spend Rs 10000 and much more for removing office objection . How may I mention Before Hon. Chief Justice to get help in this case. This case is very interesting from all angles, fraud , and corruption in Justice.
Shah D J
Next Set 25 Jan 2016, 00:01
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I believe now SC will focus on elevations to SC with more changes/transfer as CJ HCs being effected simultaneously.
Next Set 25 Jan 2016, 00:01
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I believe now SC will focus on elevations to SC with more changes/transfer as CJ HCs being effected simultaneously.
Bombay High Court Watc 26 Jan 2016, 22:34
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So now they will promote Khanvilkar and Chandrachud to the Supreme Court. The Mumbai contingent in the SCI will be Bobade, Nariman, Lalit, Khanvilkar and Chnadrachud. Can they tolerate a Mumbai heavy caucus in the SCI?
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