SC collegium recommends transfer of Justice S Muralidhar to Punjab & Haryana HC

Supreme Court collegium has recommended transfer of Delhi High Court Judge Justice S Muralidhar to Punjab and Haryana High Court.

collegium, heed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, in a meeting on February 12, also recommended transfer of Bombay High Court Judge Justice Ranjit V More to Meghalaya High Court. Besides, Justice Ravi Vijayakumar Malimath who is Karnataka High Court judge has been recommended for transfer to Uttarakhand high court.

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Justice Muralidhar began his law practice in Chennai in September 1984 and in 1987 shifted to Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court. He was active as a lawyer for Supreme Court Legal Services Committee and was its member for two terms.

His pro bo work included cases for victims of Bhopal Gas Disaster and those displaced by dams on Narma.

Apart from CJI Bobde, justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman and R Banumathi are part of new 5-judge Collegium.

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