The Supreme Court Collegium has changed within 24 hours its proposal to transfer a Chhattisgarh High Court judge to Madhya Pradesh.
The change of plans happened when the judge, Justice P. Sam Koshy, requested the Collegium “for a transfer to any High Court other than the High Court of Madhya Pradesh”.
On July 5, the Collegium had proposed to shift him to Madhya Pradesh.
The very next day, on July 6, agreeing to the judge’s request for a transfer to a High Court other than Madhya Pradesh, the Collegium reconsidered its July 5 recommendation and proposed his transfer to Telangana.
Incidentally, Justice Koshy had himself opted to move out of Chhattisgarh, where he was appointed a judge in 2013.
“Mr. Justice Koshy has volunteered for a transfer out of Chhattisgarh. On reconsideration of the recommendation made by this Collegium yesterday, the Collegium resolves to recommend that he be transferred to the High Court for the State of Telangana, instead of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh,” the Collegium resolution dated July 6 said.
The Collegium said Justice Koshy would “enrich the composition” of the Telangana High Court.
Justice Koshy was born on April 30, 1967. He did his bachelors’ degree in Commerce from G.S. College, Jabalpur, and law degree from Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur.
He enrolled as an advocate on March 9, 1991. He practised on civil, constitutional, service and labour matters initially in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur till October, 2000 and subsequently in the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur from November, 2000 till September, 2013.
He was a government advocate at the High Court of Chhattisgarh from 2002 to 2004. He was also Deputy Advocate General in 2005-06.
