Centre Notifies Appointments Of Chief Justices Of Six High Courts

The Central Government has notified the appointments of Chief Justices for 6 High Courts.

They are :

1. Justice Manindra Mohan Srivastava (presently Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court) appointed as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. His parent High Court is Chhattisgarh High Court.

2. Justice Ritu Bahri (presently Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court) appointed as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court.

3. Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh (presently Judge of Patna High Court) appointed as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.

4. Justice Vijay Bishnoi (presently Judge of Rajasthan High Court) appointed as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.

5. Justice Arun Bhansali (presently Judge of Rajasthan High Court) appointed as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.

6. Justice S Vaidyanathan (presently Judge of Madras High Court) appointed as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.

The Supreme Court Collegium in December 2023 made the recommendations regarding the elevation of Justices Arun Bhansali,  Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava as Chief Justices.

The other three recommendations were made by the Supreme Court collegium in November 2023.

 At present, three High Courts are functioning without a regular Chief Justice. The High Courts of Delhi, Jharkhand, Punjab and Haryana are having Acting Chief Justices. There is no Supreme Court collegium recommendation made for Delhi High Court Chief Justice yet.

The SC collegium recommendations to elevate Justice Sheel Nagu (MP HC) and Justice BR Sarangi (Orissa HC) as the Chief Justices of P&H and Jharkhand High Courts respectively await the Centre's clearance