The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfers of Madras High Court Chief Justice KR Shriram to the Rajasthan High Court and Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava to the Madras High Court..The decision was taken by the Collegium at a meeting held on May 26.Justice Shriram was made Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in September 2024..In July 2022, the Central government had notified the appointment of Justice Shrivastava as Acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. In February 2022, he was appointed as regular Chief Justice..Justice Shriram was born in Mumbai and enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa on July 3, 1986. He began his legal career as a junior to Senior Advocate S Venkiteswaran, before setting up his own practice in 1997. He specialised in commercial matters and international trade law.He was appointed as an additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on June 21, 2013 and was made permanent on March 2, 2016..Justice Shrivastava did his schooling in Bilaspur. After completing his graduation from CMD College, Bilaspur, he obtained an LL.B. with gold medal from KR Law College, Bilaspur. He enrolled with the Madhya Pradesh Bar Council in 1987 and practiced at the district court in Raigarh and the High Court.He was designated as a Senior Advocate in 2005 and elevated as a judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court in 2009. He was transferred to the Rajasthan High Court in October 2021..[Read Collegium Statement]
