Seven more HC judges transferred in second higher judiciary reshuffle this week

The transfers were recommended by the Supreme Court collegium last month

The Centre has notified the transfer of seven High Court judges, including one of Karnataka, and the appointment of three advocates and two judicial officers as judges of the Rajasthan High Court.

The development comes days after the Union government's decision to clear the recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium on the appointment of Chief Justices of eight High Courts and transfer of Chief Justices of five other High Courts.

On Monday, a statement by the Department of Justice said, “In exercise of the power conferred under the Constitution of India, President of India, in consultation with Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer the seven High Court judges."

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With this, Justice Rajan Gupta has been transferred from Punjab and Haryana High court to Patna High Court; Justice T S Sivagnanam from the Madras High Court to the Calcutta High Court; Justice Sureshwar Thakur from the Himachal Pradesh High Court to Punjab and Haryana High Court; Justice P B Bajanthri from the Karnataka High Court to the Patna High Court; Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma from the Rajasthan High Court to the Patna High Court; Justice T Amarnath Goud from the Telangana High Court to the Tripura High Court; and Justice Subhash Chand from the Allahabad High Court to the Jharkhand High court.

The government also issued orders on the appointment of three advocates Farjand Ali, Sudesh Bansal and Anoop Kumar Dhand and two judicial officers Vinod Kumar Bharwani and Madan Gopal Vyas as judges in Rajasthan High Court.

Speaking in a programme on October 2, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana pointed out, "Since May onwards, we have recommended more than 106 judges to different High Courts and nine Chief Justices to various High Courts. The government has cleared seven names out of the 106 judges and one out of the nine Chief Justices, so far." He expected that the government will clear the rest of the names very soon.

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