In a move to streamline judicial administration across Gujarat, the High Court, under the direction of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal, has ordered the transfer of 222 judges. This includes 78 District and Sessions Judges, 88 Senior Civil Judges, and 56 Civil Judges.
The transfers, which also involve internal reshuffling of judicial officers in lower courts, have been initiated to optimise resource allocation and enhance efficiency within the judiciary.
Noteworthy transfer of judges
Four judges have been transferred from the Ahmedabad CBI Court to the Sessions Court.
11 judges have been transferred from the Metropolitan Court, while 14 new judges have been appointed.
Eight Sessions Judges have been transferred from the Bhadra Sessions Court, including HH Thakkar, the judge who presided over the Ahmedabad serial blast case, who has been moved to Dahod.
Sanjaykumar L Thakkar, DG Rana, Manish Rajkumar Chaudhary, Piyush M Unadkat, Prakashchandra I Prajapati, AB Bhatt, and Harishkumar N Ramavat have been transferred to various Sessions Courts.
Hetal Dave, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of the Metropolitan Court, has been transferred to Bhavnagar. Amitkumar Dave from Navsari has been appointed in her place.
Architkumar Vora from Sabarkantha has been appointed as Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate.
56 Civil Judges have been transferred within their respective districts.
47 intra-district transfers have been made within the same court, including 4 in Ahmedabad, 8 in Mehsana, 5 in Rajkot, 9 in Surat, 9 in Junagadh, and 2 in Amreli.
88 Senior Civil Judges have been transferred from one court to another.
96 intra-district transfers have been made within the same court for Senior Civil Judges.
78 District Judicial Officers have been transferred within their respective districts or to different districts.