Institute of Legal and Management Studies

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer/repatriation of 21 High Court judges.

As per the official statement issued by the Supreme Court, the following names have been proposed to be transferred :

From the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the following Judges have been transferred : (1) Sanjeev Prakash Sharma (parent High Court, Rajasthan) transferred to Rajasthan HC ; (2) Justice Sudhir Singh (parent High Court, Patna) transferred to Patna HC (3) Justice Anil Kshetarpal transferred to Delhi HC

From Rajasthan High Court : (1) Justice Arun Kumar Monga (parent High Court P&H) transferred to Delhi HC; (2) Justice Shree Chandrashekhar (parent High Court Jharkhand) transferred to Bombay HC

From Gauhati High Court : (1) Justice Lanusungkum Jamir to Calcutta HC; (2) Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak transferred Orissa HC ; (3) Justice Suman Shyam transferred to Bombay HC

From Karnataka High Court : (1) Justice V Kameswar Rao transferred to Delhi HC ; (2) Justice C Sumalatha (parent High Court, Telangana) transferred to Telangana HC ; (3) Justice Lalitha Kannegani (parent High Court, Andhra Pradesh) transferred to Telangan HC

From Allahabad High Court : (1) Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra transferred to P&H HC; (2) Justice Vivik Chaudhary transferred to Delhi HC; (3) Justice Om Prakash Shukla transferred to Delhi HC; (4) Justice Jayant Banerji transferred to Karnataka HC

From Madras High Court : (1) Justice Vivek Kumar Singh (parent High Court, Allahabad) transferred to MP HC; (2) Justice Battu Devanand (parent High Court, Andhra Pradesh) transferred to Andhra Pradesh HC

From Patna High Court - Justice Annireddy Abhishek Reddy (parent High Court, Telangana) transferred to Telangana HC

From Telangana High Court - Justice Sujoy Paul (parent High Court, Madhya Pradesh) transferred to Calcutta HC

From Bombay High Court- Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre transferred to Delhi HC

From Kerala High Court - Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh (parent High Court, Allahabad) transferred to Karnataka HC

Notably, the following 6 Judges have been repatriated (transferred back to their parent High Courts) :

Justice V Kameswar Rao (Delhi High Court); Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma ( Rajasthan High Court); Justice Battu Devanand ( AP High Court); Justice Sudhir Singh (Patna High Court); Justice Annireddy Abhishek Reddy ( Telangana High Court); Justice C Sumalatha (Telangana High Court)

The official statement of Supreme Court is as follows :