With the Ministry of Regulation and Justice issuing over 20 orders on Monday approving decide transfers, the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom is about to achieve two new judges–the brand new Chief Justice, Justice Vibhu Bakhru, and Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh. Appearing Chief Justice Kameshwar Rao has in the meantime been transferred to the Delhi Excessive Courtroom.
Justice Bakhru of the Delhi Excessive Courtroom was really helpful for a switch to the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom based mostly on a Could 26 assembly of the Supreme Courtroom collegium, alongside Chief Justice suggestions for 4 different excessive courts. A local of Nagpur, he had practised legislation in Delhi throughout the Supreme Courtroom, excessive courtroom, and different venues since 1990, and was designated as a senior advocate in 2011. Initially appointed as a further decide of the Delhi Excessive Courtroom in 2013, he served because the Appearing Chief Justice there from December 5 final 12 months to January 21, 2025.
Like Justice Bakhru, Appearing Chief Justice Kameshwar Rao additionally started his apply in Delhi from 1991 and was likewise elevated in 2013 as a further decide of the Delhi Excessive Courtroom. He has been serving as a decide of the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom since June final 12 months and has been Appearing Chief Justice since Chief Justice Anjaria’s elevation to the Supreme Courtroom on the finish of Could this 12 months. Among the many key case hearings Justice Rao oversaw as Appearing Chief Justice is the suo motu PIL petition coping with the current stampede tragedy close to Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy stadium.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh served within the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom from 2017 to 2023 and has since been serving as a decide of the Kerala Excessive Courtroom.
On April 23, the switch of 4 judges from the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom sparked protests by advocates, together with a one-day boycott. The protesting advocates cited the effectivity of the transferred judges and objected to the timing of their transfers.