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After the retirement of current Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar Seth on June 10, The Central government notified the appointment of Ravi Shanker Jha as acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, by holding the appointment of Justice Akil Kureshi as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
In 2018,Kureshi J. was the senior-most judge of Gujarat HC would have taken over as Chief Justice of Gujarat HC but he was transferred to Bombay HC as puisne judge, after Reddy J., then CJ of Gujarat HC, being elevated to Supreme Court. But the Central government issued a notification appointing Justice Anant Dave as the Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, so Kureshi J. was not able to be Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court until taking charge at the Bombay High Court. Eventually, Kureshi J. took charge as judge of Bombay High Court.
The Central government issued twelve notifications on appointments of judges to various High Courts and the Supreme Court, with and two appointments as Chief Justices of High Courts of two States, day before the declaration of 2019 General election results. Though being recommended by Collegium for Akil Kureshi J. for appointment as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on May 10, the notification was still missing. .The appointments of Justice Vikram Nath as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and Justice V Ramasubramanian as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court have also not been notified.
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