Two days after the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the appointment of Orissa High Court’s Justice B.R. Sarangi as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court, a development unfolded when the senior-most Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, made a request to be transferred out of the High Court.
In a meeting conducted on December 29, the five-judge collegium, consisting of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant, and Anirudda Bose, acknowledged Justice Chandrashekhar’s request. Subsequently, they decided to transfer him to the Rajasthan High Court. It is noteworthy that Justice Chandrashekhar had been serving as the acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court after the incumbent Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra demitted office, and his request for transfer coincided with the Collegium’s recommendation for a new Chief Justice in Jharkhand.
