Overview
- Delhi High Court judges Arun Monga and Tara Vitasta Ganju were transferred to the Rajasthan and Karnataka high courts through presidential notifications.
- Justices Dinesh Mehta and Avneesh Jhingan from Rajasthan and Justice C. Sudha from Kerala were moved to the Delhi High Court, lifting external appointments there to nine and reshaping seniority.
- The Ministry of Law and Justice issued the notifications to give effect to the Supreme Court collegium’s late-August proposal covering 14 judges nationwide.
- Other transfers include C. M. Roy (Gujarat) and Donadi Ramesh (Allahabad) to the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Sandeep N. Bhatt (Gujarat) to Madhya Pradesh, Sanjay Kumar Singh (Allahabad) to Patna, Subhendu Samanta (Calcutta) to Andhra Pradesh, and J. Nisha Banu (Madras) to Kerala.
- Members of the Delhi bar criticized the opacity and frequency of the reshuffles, while reports suggesting conduct-related reasons for two Delhi transfers remain unconfirmed.