In an unprecedented move, as many as nine high courts are likely to get new Chief Justices, reports Indian Express..Among the nine is Hemant Gupta, Acting Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, who along with his wife, is facing a money laundering probe being carried out by the Enforcement Directorate..Even as Justice Gupta is likely to be transferred as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, his role in the racket is being investigated by the ED. He had reportedly courted controversy when he called up then Investigating Officer Gopesh Byadwal, asking him about the ongoing investigations into RMC Printers Pvt Ltd, a company in which Alka Gupta was a director until June 27, 2009..Here is a list of the recommended appointments:.JudgeCurrent HCTransferred toHemant Gupta, ACJPatnaMadhya PradeshRajendra Menon, ACJMadhya PradeshPatnaAbhilasha Kumari JGujaratTripuraT Vaiphei CJTripuraAP & TelanganaBD Ahmed JDelhiJammu & KashmirP Nandrajog JDelhiRajasthanHG Ramesh JKarnatakaMadrasTB Radhakrishnan JKeralaChhattisgarhPK Mohanty ACJJharkhandJharkhand (regular CJ).Justice Gupta will swap places with current ACJ of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Rajendra Menon J..We are also likely to see another woman Chief Justice if Abhilasha Kumari J of the Gujarat High Court takes over at the helm of the Tripura High Court. Justice T Vaiphei, the current Chief Justice of the latter court, will move as Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad. Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad of the Delhi High Court has been recommended as Chief of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court..However, there is no mention of Justices Ramesh Ranganathan and Paul Vasanthakumar, the current Chief Justices of those two courts. Perhaps more elevations to the Supreme Court are in the offing?.Another Delhi High Court judge, Pradeep Nandrajog J has been recommended as Chief of the Rajasthan High Court, with current Chief Justice Navin Sinha reportedly being recommended for elevation to the apex court..Similarly, in light of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul’s likely move to the Supreme Court, Justice HG Ramesh of the Karnataka High Court is touted as his replacement at the Madras High Court. Likewise, TB Radhakrishnan J of the Kerala High Court will take over as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court in place of Deepak Gupta CJ..Acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court PK Mohanty J will be made regular Chief of that court..If the reports are to be believed, Chief Justice of India JS Khehar is certainly living up to his promise of filling up the vacancies of the Supreme Court within a month. Just how many of the collegium’s recommendations go through is what remains to be seen.
In an unprecedented move, as many as nine high courts are likely to get new Chief Justices, reports Indian Express..Among the nine is Hemant Gupta, Acting Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, who along with his wife, is facing a money laundering probe being carried out by the Enforcement Directorate..Even as Justice Gupta is likely to be transferred as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, his role in the racket is being investigated by the ED. He had reportedly courted controversy when he called up then Investigating Officer Gopesh Byadwal, asking him about the ongoing investigations into RMC Printers Pvt Ltd, a company in which Alka Gupta was a director until June 27, 2009..Here is a list of the recommended appointments:.JudgeCurrent HCTransferred toHemant Gupta, ACJPatnaMadhya PradeshRajendra Menon, ACJMadhya PradeshPatnaAbhilasha Kumari JGujaratTripuraT Vaiphei CJTripuraAP & TelanganaBD Ahmed JDelhiJammu & KashmirP Nandrajog JDelhiRajasthanHG Ramesh JKarnatakaMadrasTB Radhakrishnan JKeralaChhattisgarhPK Mohanty ACJJharkhandJharkhand (regular CJ).Justice Gupta will swap places with current ACJ of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Rajendra Menon J..We are also likely to see another woman Chief Justice if Abhilasha Kumari J of the Gujarat High Court takes over at the helm of the Tripura High Court. Justice T Vaiphei, the current Chief Justice of the latter court, will move as Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad. Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad of the Delhi High Court has been recommended as Chief of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court..However, there is no mention of Justices Ramesh Ranganathan and Paul Vasanthakumar, the current Chief Justices of those two courts. Perhaps more elevations to the Supreme Court are in the offing?.Another Delhi High Court judge, Pradeep Nandrajog J has been recommended as Chief of the Rajasthan High Court, with current Chief Justice Navin Sinha reportedly being recommended for elevation to the apex court..Similarly, in light of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul’s likely move to the Supreme Court, Justice HG Ramesh of the Karnataka High Court is touted as his replacement at the Madras High Court. Likewise, TB Radhakrishnan J of the Kerala High Court will take over as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court in place of Deepak Gupta CJ..Acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court PK Mohanty J will be made regular Chief of that court..If the reports are to be believed, Chief Justice of India JS Khehar is certainly living up to his promise of filling up the vacancies of the Supreme Court within a month. Just how many of the collegium’s recommendations go through is what remains to be seen.
