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New Delhi : The President of India in exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 222 of the Constitution of India,and after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, transferred 4 Chief Justices and 6 judges of High Courts. They are : :
| S.
No. |
Name of the Judge
S/Shri Justice |
High Court | |
| From | To | ||
| 1 | Raghvendra Singh Chauhan,
Chief Justice |
Telangana | Uttarakhand |
| 2 | Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari,
Chief Justice |
Andhra Pradesh | Sikkim |
| 3 | Mohammad Rafiq, Chief Justice | Orissa | Madhya Pradesh |
| 4 | Arup Kumar Goswami,
Chief Justice |
Sikkim | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | Sanjay Yadav, Judge | Madhya Pradesh | Allahabad |
| 6 | Rajesh Bindal, Judge | J&K and Ladakh | Calcutta |
| 7 | Vineet Kothari, Judge | Madras | Gujarat |
| 8 | Joymalya Bagchi, Judge | Calcutta | Andhra Pradesh |
| 9 | Satish Chandra Sharma, Judge | Madhya Pradesh | Karnataka |
| 10 | Ravi VijaykumarMalimath,Judge | Uttarakhand | Himachal Pradesh |
A notification was issued by Department of Justice in this regard on December 31, 2020. The transferred Chief Justices/ Judges have been directed to assume charges of their respective offices, according to a PIB release.