The Centre on Tuesday notified the switch of Justice M N Bhandari from Allahabad High Court to Madras High Court.
“In exercise of the power conferred by clause (I) of Article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Shri Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari, Judge of Allahabad High Court, as a Judge of Madras High Court and to direct him to assume charge of his office in the Madras High Court,” a notification by the Law Ministry acknowledged.
As the senior-most decide in Madras HC, Justice Bhandari is prone to take cost because the appearing Chief Justice. The switch comes a day after the federal government accepted the Supreme Court collegium’s determination to move Justice Sanjib Banerjee, the Chief Justice of Madras HC, to Meghalaya HC.
Justice Bhandari was appointed a decide of Rajasthan HC in 2007. In March 2019, overruling Justice Bhandari’s request for reconsideration, the SC collegium really helpful his switch from his father or mother excessive court docket to Allahabad HC “in the interest of better administration of justice”.
He was briefly the appearing Chief Justice of Allahabad HC in June this yr. He will retire in September 2022, as per Law Ministry data.
On September 16, the SC collegium really helpful transfers of 17 judges throughout HCs, signalling a serious reshuffle. The collegium really helpful transfers of JusticeVivek Agarwal to Madhya Pradesh HC, Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari to Andhra Pradesh HC, Justices C D Singh and Yashwant Varma to Delhi HC, Justice Subhash Chand to Jharkhand HC, and Justice Bhandari to Madras HC.