<p>New Delhi: Justice Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew was on Wednesday appointed as the acting chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court as incumbent Justice Sanjib Banerjee demits office this evening.</p>.<p> According to a law ministry notification, Justice Thangkhiew, a judge of the Meghalaya High Court, will take charge as the acting chief justice from Thursday.</p>.Judges to follow discipline; ought not to take up cases not assigned by Chief Justice: SC.<p> In November 2021, when Justice Ranjit V More had retired as the chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court, Justice Thangkhiew was at that time too appointed as its acting chief justice.</p>.<p> Justice Banerjee was earlier the chief justice of the Madras High Court and the decision of the Supreme Court Collegium to transfer him to the Meghalaya HC had snowballed into a controversy with voices for and against the shifting of the senior judge.</p>.<p> He was sent to the Meghalaya HC on November 15, 2021.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Justice Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew was on Wednesday appointed as the acting chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court as incumbent Justice Sanjib Banerjee demits office this evening.</p>.<p> According to a law ministry notification, Justice Thangkhiew, a judge of the Meghalaya High Court, will take charge as the acting chief justice from Thursday.</p>.Judges to follow discipline; ought not to take up cases not assigned by Chief Justice: SC.<p> In November 2021, when Justice Ranjit V More had retired as the chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court, Justice Thangkhiew was at that time too appointed as its acting chief justice.</p>.<p> Justice Banerjee was earlier the chief justice of the Madras High Court and the decision of the Supreme Court Collegium to transfer him to the Meghalaya HC had snowballed into a controversy with voices for and against the shifting of the senior judge.</p>.<p> He was sent to the Meghalaya HC on November 15, 2021.</p>