Gujarat HC Judge Who Refused To Stay Rahul Gandhi's Conviction Among 23 High Court Judges Recommended For Transfer By Collegium

The Supreme Collegium headed by Cheif Justice D.Y Chandrachud and comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant, has recommended the transfer of 23 Judges from 8 High Courts to 10 High Courts across India, including Gujarat, Calcutta, Orissa, Rajasthan, Patna, Punjab and Haryana, Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Madras. The Collegium has recommended the transfers of the judges for better administration of justice. 

Among those transferred is Justice Hemant M Prachchhak of Gujarat High Court, who refused to stay the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the Modi surname defamation case. He has been transferred to the Patna High Court.

To Gujarat High Court:

1. Justice C Sumalatha from Telangana High Court 

2. Justice Avneesh Jhingan from Punjab and Haryana High Court 

3. Justice C Manavendranath Roy from Andhra Pradesh High Court

To Calcutta High Court:

1. Justice M Sudheer Kumar from Telangana High Court 

2. Justice Madhuresh Prasad from Patna High Court 

3. Justice S P Kesarwani from Allahabad High Court 

To Orissa High Court:

1. Justice Narendar G from Karnataka High Court 

To Rajasthan High Court:

1. Justice Munnuri Laxman from Telangana High Court 

2. Justice Samir J Dave from Gujarat High Court 

3. Justice Arun Monga from Punjab and Haryana High Court

To Patna High Court:

1. Justice G Anupama Chakravarthy from Telangana High Court 

2. Justice Bibek Chaudhuri from Calcutta High Court 

3. Justice Hemant M Prachchhak from Gujarat High Court 

To Punjab and Haryana High Court:

1. Justice Lapita Banerji from Calcutta High Court 

To Allahabad High Court:

1. Justice Shekhar B Saraf from Calcutta High Court 

2. Justice Alpesh Y Kogje from Gujarat High Court 

3. Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan from Punjab and Haryana High Court 

To Madhya Pradesh High Court:

1. Justice Duppala Venkata Ramana from Andhra Pradesh High Court

2. Justice Rajendra Kumar-IV from Allahabad High Court 

3. Justice Raj Mohan Singh from Punjab and Haryana High Court

To Jharkhand High Court:

1. Justice Prakash Padia from Allahabad High Court 

To Madras High Court:

1. Justice Vivek Kumar Singh from Allahabad High Court 

2. Justice Kumari Gita Gopi from Gujarat High Court 

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