SC Collegium recommends transfer of 3 Telangana judges; 2 each from Andhra and Madras High Courts

The seven include Justice Abhishek Reddy, over whose transfer advocates in the Telangana High Court had struck work.

BySouth First Desk

Published Nov 24, 2022 | 9:53 PMUpdatedNov 24, 2022 | 9:53 PM

The Telangana High Court. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting on Thursday, 24 November, has recommended the transfer of seven judges: Three from Telangana High Court, and two each from the Andhra Pradesh and Madras High Courts.

Justices A Abhishek Reddy, Lalitha Kanneganti, D Nagarjun of the Telangana High Court have been transferred to the Patna, Karnataka and Madras High Courts, respectively.

Justices Battu Devanand and D Ramesh of the Andhra Pradesh High Court have been transferred to the Madras and Allahabad High Courts, respectively.

Justices VM Velumani and T Raja of the Madras High Court have been transferred to the Calcutta and Rajasthan High Courts, respectively.

Lawyers’ strike

It may be recalled that advocates of the Telangana High Court were protesting earlier this week after a couple legal websites had reported the transfer of Justice Abhishek Reddy to Patna.

They had taken issue over the “abrupt” transfer of Justice Reddy even as two other transfers from the Telangana High Court and two from the Andhra High Court had not been acted upon.

The advocates called off the strike on Tuesday after representatives of the Telangana High Court Advocates’ Association were assured by Chief Justice YV Chandrachud that their grievances over the transfer would be examined.