After months of delay, the Centre has finally cleared the Supreme Court Collegium recommendation to transfer Delhi High Court judge Justice Chandra Dhari Singh to Allahabad High Court..A notification in this regard was issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice on Friday..The Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and also comprising Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant in November 2024 had recommended Justice Singh's repatriation. "The Supreme Court Collegium in its meetings held on 28th and 29th November 2024 has recommended repatriation of Mr. Justice Chandra Dhari Singh, Judge, High Court of Delhi, to his parent High Court i.e. the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad," the top court had said in a statement then..However, the recommendation remained pending with the Central government till now.It has now been cleared with a similar recommendation to transfer Justice Yashwant Varma to Allahabad High Court.Justice Singh and Justice Varma were transferred from Allahabad High Court to Delhi High Court in October 2021. .Justice Singh graduated in law from Delhi University in 1993 and enrolled as an advocate a year later. He was an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court and practiced mostly in Delhi.He was elevated as an Additional judge of the Allahabad High Court in September 2017. He was made Permanent judge of the High Court in September 2019..[Read Notification]
