ON OCTOBER 14, THE SUPREME COURT COLLEGIUM withdrew its recommendation to transfer Justice Atul Sreedharan from the High Court of Madhya Pradesh to the High Court of Chhattisgarh.
The Collegium has now decided to transfer him to the Allahabad High Court instead. In a statement published on the Supreme Court’s website, it stated that the decision to modify the recommendation was made following a reconsideration sought by the Government.
On August 25, 2025, the Supreme Court Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai and Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, J.K. Maheshwari, and B.V. Nagarathna, recommended the transfer of 14 judges, including Justice Sreedharan, from the High Court of Madhya Pradesh to the High Court of Chhattisgarh. On Monday, the Union Government cleared 11 of these transfers.
The Collegium judge Justice Maheshwari hails from the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Justice Sreedharan was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on April 7, 2016. He is the senior-most judge at the Madhya Pradesh High Court and thus a member of the High Court Collegium. Had he been transferred to the High Court of Chhattisgarh, he would have been at serial number 3 and remained a member of that High Court’s Collegium. However, at the Allahabad High Court, he will be at serial number 7 and thus will not be part of the High Court Collegium.
On March 28, 2023, a Supreme Court Collegium headed by then-CJI D.Y. Chandrachud recommended the transfer of Justice Sreedharan to the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
