New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI) Justice Arun Palli was on Saturday appointed chief justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Union law ministry said.

A judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Palli succeeds Justice Tashi Rabstan, who demitted office on April 9 on attaining 62 years of age.

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Justice Palli's elevation was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium on April 4.

Separately, Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, a Madhya Pradesh High Court judge, has been transferred to Kerala High Court, the law ministry said.

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