SC collegium recommends appointment of 8 HC Chief Justices, transfer of 5

The Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana recommended appointment of Chief Justices for 8 High Court.

It has recommended elevation of Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Justice Rajesh Bindal as CJ of Allahabad HC and Madhya Pradesh HC judge Justice Prakash Shrivastava as CJ of Calcutta.

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Acting Chief Justice of Chattisgarh HC Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra has been recommended as the new CJ of Andhra Pradesh HC while Justice Rituraj Awasthi, who is now with the Allahabad HC, has been recommended as Karnataka HC Chief Justice.

The collegium also zeroed in on Justice Satish Chandra Sharma of Karnataka HC for the office of Telengana HC Chief Justice, and Justice Ranjit V More of Bombay HC as Meghalaya HC CJ.

Justice Aravind Kumar of Karnataka HC has been recommended as Gujarat HC CJ while acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh HC R V Malimath has been recommended as Madhya Pradesh CJ.

The collegium also recommended transfer of five High Court Chief Justices and 17 High Court judges