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Judiciary: A large number of Judges transferred in UP; Full list here...

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Lucknow: Large scale transfers of Judges have been effected in the state to make the judicial system more smooth. 

On the orders of Allahabad High Court, 582 judges have been transferred in the state. These include 236 Additional District and Sessions Judges (ADJ), 207 Civil Judges Senior Division and 139 Civil Judges Junior Division, reports Dynamite News correspondent.

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On Sunday, High Court Registrar General Rajiv Bharti issued a notification of these transfers. It is being described as part of the regular process, which aims to make the judicial process more effective and transparent.

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The transfer list includes the name of the famous judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar, who gave an important verdict in the Varanasi Gyanvapi case. He had ordered the Advocate Commission to conduct a survey and seal the washroom. Now he has been transferred from Bareilly to Chitrakoot.

The transfer has affected Kanpur the most, from where 13 judges have been sent to another place. Apart from this, 11 judges from Aligarh, 6 from Agra and 5 from Bareilly have been transferred.
 

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