HYDERABAD: The Union government appointed Justice Ujjal Bhuyan as Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court on Sunday. It also announced the transfer of current Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma to the Delhi High Court.

Justice Bhuyan, the senior-most judge in the Telangana High Court, was appointed to the Gauhati High Court in October 2011 and transferred to the Bombay High Court in November 2019. Following a two-year stint in the Bombay High Court, he was transferred to the Telangana High Court, where he assumed the post of judge on November 22, 2021.

Justice Bhuyan will take the oath of office in two or three days at Raj Bhavan, and the Governor will administer it. The Chief Minister of the state is required by protocol to attend the Chief Justice's inauguration ceremony.

On May 17, the Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, sent a resolution to the Union government calling for the elevation of judges from various High Courts to the position of Chief Justice and the transfer of current Chief Justices to other High Courts.

The Union government postponed approval of the resolutions. President Ram Nath Kovind validated the approvals after they were granted.

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