Centre notifies transfer of 15 HC judges

New Delhi, October 5

Weeks after the Supreme Court Collegium recommended transfer of 23 judges of various HCs, the Centre on Tuesday notified the transfer of 15 of them.

In 15 notifications, the Department of Justice announced these transfers even as eight other recommendations remained pending.

Those transferred included Justice Sabina (Rajasthan HC to Himachal Pradesh HC), Justice MSS Ramachandra Rao (Telangana HC to Punjab and Haryana HC), Justice Anoop Chitkara (Himachal Pradesh HC to Punjab and Haryana HC) Justice AM Badar (Kerala HC to Patna HC), Justice Vivek Agarwal (Allahabad HC to Madhya Pradesh HC) and Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari (Allahabad HC to Andhra HC). — TNS

Those shifted

• Justice Sabina has been shifted from Rajasthan to Himachal Pradesh HC
• Justice MSS Ramachandra Rao from T’gana to Punjab and Haryana HC
• Justice Anoop Chitkara from HP to Punjab and Haryana High Court
• Justice Jaswant Singh from Punjab and Haryana HC to Orissa