Centre notifies appointment of 9 judges to 5 different high courts; also issues orders to transfer 15 judges

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Central government has issued notifications today appointing judges to various high courts across the country.

These notifications have been issued by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, GOI.

The names of those who have been appointed as judges are:

Patna High Court:

Nawneet Kumar Pandey, and
Sunil Kumar Panwar

Jharkhand High Court:

Gautam Kumar Chaudhary,
Ambuj Nath,
Navneet Kumar, and
Sanjay Prasad

Madhya Pradesh High Court: 

Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav

Also, the following have been appointed as additional judges for a period of two years-

Chhattisgarh High Court: Deepak Kumar Tiwari

Kerala High Court: Basant Balaji

Centre has also notified the transfer of fifteen judges. They are:

Name of Judge From (High Court) To (High Court)
Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari Allahabad Andhra Pradesh
Justice A Chitkara Himachal Pradesh Punjab and Haryana
Justice CD Singh Allahabad Delhi
Justice Vivek Aggarwal Allahabad Madhya Pradesh
Justice Y Varma Allahabad Delhi
Justice AM Badar Kerala  Patna
Justice Arindam Sinha  Calcutta Orissa
Justice MSRSR Rao Telangana Punjab and Haryana
Justice PR Upadhyay Gujarat Madras
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Bombay Telangana
Justice A Amanullah Patna Andhra Pradesh
Justice MM Shrivastava Chhattisgarh Rajasthan
Justice Sajaya Kumar Mishra Orissa Uttarakhand
Justice Sabina Rajasthan Himachal Pradesh
Justice Jaswant Singh Punjab and Haryana Orissa