New Delhi, July 14 -- The Union government appointed nine new high court chief justices on Monday, including five appointments in the same court and four transfers, according to a statement by the ministry of law and justice.

Sanjeev Sachdeva was appointed chief justice of the high court of Madhya Pradesh, Vibhu Bakhru to Karnataka, Ashutosh Kumar to Gauhati, Vipul Manubhai Pancholi to Patna and Tarlok Singh Chauhan to Jharkhand.

On the other hand, chief justice (CJ) Manindra Mohan Shrivastava was transferred from the High Court of Rajasthan to Madras, CJ Aparesh Kumar Singh from Tripura to Telangana, CJ M.S. Ramachandra Rao from Jharkhand to Tripura and CJ K.R. Shriram from Madras to Rajasthan.

The Supreme Court collegium recommended ...