The Centre had on June 8 appointed Justice Ravi Shanker Jha the “acting chief justice” of Madhya Pradesh High Court, citing powers conferred by Article 223, which deals with such appointments. It overlooked the collegium’s May 10 recommendation that Justice Kureshi was “suitable in all respects” for appointment as the high court’s chief justice. Justice Kureshi is now a judge of Bombay High Court and the collegium had made the recommendation as the incumbent chief justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice S.K. Justice A.A. Kureshi is the senior-most Judge from Gujarat High Court and at present is functioning, on transfer, in Bombay High Court. Justice Kureshi, who was the court’s second senior-most judge, was shifted to Bombay High Court, while the third senior-most judge, Justice A.S. Dave, was elevated as acting chief justice.

Source: The Telegraph July 03, 2019 20:53 UTC