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Pursuant upon recommendations of Supreme Court collegium, Centre has notified names of three senior judges as Chief Justices of three states-Kerala, Bihar  and Meghalaya. 

 

The Union Government (Law Ministry)has notified the transfer of Justice Soumen Sen, who is presently the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court, to the Kerala High Court.Justice Sen will assume charge as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court following the retirement of incumbent Kerala High Court Chief Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar, who is set to demit office on January 9.The transfer comes pursuant to a recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium at its meeting held on December 18, 2025.

 

Bombay High Court Justice Revati Mohit Dere will take charge as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court once Justice Sen demits office.Justice Sen, who hails from the Calcutta High Court, was appointed Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court in September 2025.Justice Sen enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of West Bengal in January 1991 and practised for over two decades before the Calcutta High Court on both the original and appellate sides, as well as before various courts and tribunals.

 

 The Central government on Thursday also cleared the appointment of Orissa High Court Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court.The Supreme Court Collegium had made the recommendation to appoint Justice Sahoo at a meeting held on December 18, 2025, where it proposed the elevation of five High Court judges as Chief Justices of different High Courts across the country. He was elevated as a judge of the Orissa High Court on July 2, 2014.

 

 Justice Revati Mohite Dere, a judge of the Bombay High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court,

 

The appointment was made consequent to the transfer of the incumbent Meghalaya High Court Chief Justice Soumen Sen to Kerala High Court.Minister of Law and Justice (Independent Charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce the same. The appointment follows the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on December 18, 2025. Justice Dere is presently the second senior-most judge of the Bombay High Court.