Centre notifies the appointments of Chief justices in eight High Courts

The Centre notified the appointment of Chief Justices in eight High Courts on Saturday. These includes the High Courts of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Madras (Tamil Nadu) and Jharkhand.

Justice K.R. Shriram of the Bombay High Court has been made Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, while Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar, a Bombay High Court judge, will now be the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court

Justice Manmohan, acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, has been appointed as its Chief Justice, while another judge of the Delhi High Court , Justice Rajiv Shakdher has been elevated to head the Himachal Pradesh High Court.