Centre notifies appointment of 9 judges to 5 different high courts; also issues orders to transfer 15 judges
By : Aishwarya Iyer
Update: 2021-10-06 13:38 GMT
Central government has issued notifications today appointing judges to various high courts across the country.
These notifications have been issued by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, GOI.
The names of those who have been appointed as judges are:
Patna High Court:
Nawneet Kumar Pandey, and
Sunil Kumar Panwar
Jharkhand High Court:
Gautam Kumar Chaudhary,
Ambuj Nath,
Navneet Kumar, and
Sanjay Prasad
Madhya Pradesh High Court:
Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav
Also, the following have been appointed as additional judges for a period of two years-
Chhattisgarh High Court: Deepak Kumar Tiwari
Kerala High Court: Basant Balaji
Centre has also notified the transfer of fifteen judges. They are:
| Name of Judge | From (High Court) | To (High Court) |
| Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari | Allahabad | Andhra Pradesh |
| Justice A Chitkara | Himachal Pradesh | Punjab and Haryana |
| Justice CD Singh | Allahabad | Delhi |
| Justice Vivek Aggarwal | Allahabad | Madhya Pradesh |
| Justice Y Varma | Allahabad | Delhi |
| Justice AM Badar | Kerala | Patna |
| Justice Arindam Sinha | Calcutta | Orissa |
| Justice MSRSR Rao | Telangana | Punjab and Haryana |
| Justice PR Upadhyay | Gujarat | Madras |
| Justice Ujjal Bhuyan | Bombay | Telangana |
| Justice A Amanullah | Patna | Andhra Pradesh |
| Justice MM Shrivastava | Chhattisgarh | Rajasthan |
| Justice Sajaya Kumar Mishra | Orissa | Uttarakhand |
| Justice Sabina | Rajasthan | Himachal Pradesh |
| Justice Jaswant Singh | Punjab and Haryana | Orissa |