Centre Notifies Appointment of Chief Justices of Eight High Courts

The Centre on Saturday notified the appointment of Chief Justices to eight High Courts across the country.

Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointments, stating that the President had made them in exercise of powers conferred by the Constitution of India, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India.

The appointments are:

1. Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao, Delhi High Court → Chief Justice of Patna High Court
2. Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge, Bombay High Court → Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
3. Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, Chhattisgarh High Court → Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
4. Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi, Allahabad High Court → Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
5. Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Punjab & Haryana High Court → Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court
6. Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra, Orissa High Court → Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
7. Justice Alpesh Yeshwant Kogje, Gujarat High Court → Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court
8. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati, Rajasthan High Court → Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

The appointments will place the eight judges at the helm of their respective High Courts.