New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- The resignation of Madras High Court Chief Justice V K Tahilramani has been accepted, according to a government notification.
Her resignation has been accepted with effect from September 6, it said.
She had resigned after the Supreme Court collegium declined her request for reconsideration of transfer to the Meghalaya High Court.
Justice V Kothari has been appointed as the acting chief justice of the Madras High Court, another notification said.
The transfer of Justice Tahilramani from the Madras High Court to the Meghalaya High Court had snowballed into a major controversy with lawyers in Chennai as well as in her home state of Maharashtra coming out in protest against the Supreme Court collegium's decision in th...