The Supreme Court Collegium Thursday effected a major reshuffle, recommending the transfer of 23 High Court judges — including four each from the High Courts of Punjab and Haryana, Allahabad, Gujarat and Telangana.

As per the resolutions put out by the top court, the collegium led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud recommended the following transfers from the Punjab and Haryana High Court — Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan to Allahabad, Justice Avneesh Jhingan to Gujarat, Justice Raj Mohan Singh to Madhya Pradesh and Justice Arun Monga to Rajasthan.

Those recommended for transfer from Allahabad High Court are Justice Vivek Kumar Singh to Madras High Court, Justice Prakash Padia to Jharkhand, Justice S P Kesarwani to Calcutta and Justice Rajendra Kumar-IV to Madhya Pradesh.

From Gujarat High Court, Justice Alpesh Y Kogje has been recommended to be moved to Allahabad. Justice Kumari Gita Gopi will go to Madras, Justice Hemant M Prachchhak to Patna and Justice Samir J Dave to Rajasthan.

Justices G Anupama Chakravarthy, Munnuri Laxman, M Sudheer Kumar and C Sumalatha have been recommended for transfer from the Telangana High Court to Patna, Rajasthan, Madras and Karnataka HCs, respectively.

The Collegium, also comprising Justices S K Kaul, Sanjeev Khanna, B R Gavai and Surya Kant, had met on August 3 and proposed to transfer Justice M Sudheer Kumar to Calcutta and Justice Sumalatha to Gujarat. But it changed this to Madras and Karnataka respectively after considering their requests.

The collegium also recommended the transfer of Justices Shekhar B Saraf, Lapita Banerji and Bibek Chaudhuri from the Calcutta High Court to Allahabad, Punjab and Haryana and Patna HCs respectively.

Justices C Manavendranath Roy and Duppala Venkata Ramana have been recommended to be moved from Andhra Pradesh High Court to Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh respectively while Justice Madhuresh Prasad will move from Patna High Court to Calcutta. Justice Narendar G. of Karnataka High Court has been recommended to be transferred to Andhra Pradesh HC.

(With inputs from agencies)