7 high courts get chief justices

NEW DELHI: Chief Justices were appointed to seven high courts on Thursday, the Law Ministry said.

Justice Ravi Shankar Jha, acting chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh high court, has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court.

Similarly, Justice Ajai Lamba, a judge of the Allahabad HC, has been elevated as Chief Justice of the Gauhati HC. Justice Indrajt Mahanty, a judge of the Bombay HC, has been appointed as Chief Justice in Rajasthan.

Justice A Mani Kumar, a judge of the Madras HC, has been elevated as the Chief Justice of the Kerala HC. Similarly, Justice L N Swamy, a judge in the Karnataka HC, was elevated as Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh HC.

Justice J K Maheshwari, a judge of the Madhya Pradesh HC, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh HC. Justice A K Goswami, a judge in the Gauhati High Court, has been elevated as Chief Justice of the Sikkim HC.