Indian Government Appoints Eight New Chief Justices to High Courts

The central government on Saturday appointed eight chief justices to different high courts in the country. The appointments come days after the Supreme Court Collegium recommended them. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, in a post on'X ', said sitting Delhi High Court judge Valluri Kameswar Rao has been appointed chief justice of Patna High Court. Mumbai High Court judge Ravindra V. Ghuge will be chief justice of Calcutta High Court. Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao (Delhi High Court) - Patna High Court chief justice Ravindra V. Ghuge (Bombay High Court) - Calcutta High Court chief justice Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (Chhattisgarh High Court) - Rajasthan High Court chief justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi (Allahabad High Court) - Bombay High Court chief justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra (Punjab and Haryana High Court) - Punjab and Haryana High Court chief justice Krishna Ram Mohapatra (Odisha High Court) - Chhattisgarh High Court chief justice Alpesh Yeshwant Kogje (Gujarat High Court) - Rajasthan High Court chief justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati (Madhya Pradesh High Court) - Ladakh High Court chief justice.