Appointments of Chief Justices of High Courts

October 13, 2021
Current Context: President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the appointment of chief justices to eight high courts.
Appointments of Chief Justices of High Courts
  • 5 Chief Justices are transferred. These are:
    • Justice A.A. Kureshi: He is transferred to Rajasthan High Court.
    • Justice Indrajit Mahanty: He is transferred to Tripura High Court
    • Justice Mohammad Rafiq: He is transferred to Himachal Pradesh High Court
    • Justice Biswanath Somadder: He is transferred to Sikkim High Court
    • Justice A.K. Goswami: He is transferred to Chhattisgarh High Court.
  • 8 new Chief Justices were appointed. These are:
    • Justice Rajesh Bindal: He was appointed as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.
    • Justice Ranjit V. More: He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.
    • Justice Satish Chandra Sharma: He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court.
    • Justice Prakash Srivastava: He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
    • Justice R.V. Malimath: He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
    • Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi: He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.
    • Justice Aravind Kumar: He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court.
    • Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra: He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Question: 

Q.1 Who was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court?
a. Justice Aravind Kumar
b. Justice R.V. Malimath
c. Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi
d. Justice Rajesh Bindal

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