Centre notifies appointments of Acting Chief Justices to four High Courts

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06 Aug 2018, 2:16 pm

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In the wake of the recent elevations to the Supreme Court, the Central government has notified the appointment of judges as Acting Chief Justices of four different high courts.

Chief Justices of the High Courts of Madras, Orissa and Uttarakhand – Justices Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran and KM Joseph respectively – were recently elevated to the Supreme Court, thus leaving open the top post of each of these high courts.

Further, the Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, VK Tahilramani was transferred to Madras High Court as Chief Justice.

As a stopgap measure, the Centre has appointed Justice Rajeev Sharma as Acting Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh has been appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Madras High Court until Justice VK Tahilramani assumes her duties as Chief Justice. Similarly, Justice Indrajit Mahanty has been appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court till Justice KS Jhaveri takes over as Chief Justice.

Justice NH Patil will be the Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.

The transfer of Justices Tahilramani and Jhaveri as Chief Justices of the Madras High Court and the Orissa High Court were recently approved by the Centre.

Apart from these, the Centre had also signed off on the appointment of the following judges as Chief Justice:

Chief Justice Gita Mittal for the Jammu and Kashmir High Court (formerly Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court)
Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy for the Kerala High Court(formerly Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court)
Chief Justice MR Shah for the Patna High Court (formerly Judge of the Gujarat High Court)
Chief Justice Rajendra Menon for the Delhi High Court (formerly Chief Justice of Patna High Court)
Chief Justice Aniruddha Bose for the Jharkhand High Court (formerly seniormost puisne judge of the Calcutta High Court)