The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of the Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao to the Tripura High Court..The decision was taken at a meeting of the Collegium held on May 26. The decision was made after the incumbent Chief Justice of Tripura, Aparesh Kumar Singh, was recommended for transfer to the Telangana High Court by way of the same resolution. In 2024, Rao was transferred from Himachal Pradesh to the Jharkhand High Court to take charge as Chief Justice after the retirement of Justice BR Sarangi..Justice Rao was born in the year 1966 at Hyderabad. He did his graduation in law from University College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1989. He enrolled as an advocate in 1989 and thereafter completed his masters in law from the University of Cambridge in 1991.Justice Rao was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on June 29, 2012.On the bifurcation of the State of Andhra Pradesh, he opted for Telangana as his parent High Court.He was transferred as a judge of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on October 12, 2021.He was elevated as the Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal Pradesh on May 30, 2023.He was appointed the Chief Justice of High Court of Jharkhand on September 21, 2024 and took oath on September 25, 2024.His father Justice M Jagannadha Rao was a former judge of the Supreme Court and former Chairman of Law Commission of India.His grandfather Justice MS Ramachandra Rao was also a judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh..[Read Collegium Statement]
