The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Justice Ranjit V More from the Bombay High Court to the Meghalaya High Court.

A statement was issued by the Collegium on the transfer of Justice More to the Meghalaya High Court.

The decision to transfer Justice More was taken at the last meeting of the Collegium held on February 12.

Justice More is the third senior most judge of the Bombay High Court after the recent resignation of Justice SC Dharmadhikari.

Born in 1959, Justice More did his law graduation from the Shivaji University, and subsequently got his masters degree from the Mumbai University.

He was enrolled as an advocate in September 1983 as a junior advocate to AP Shah, who later became the Chief Justice of the High Courts of Madras and Delhi.

Justice More’s areas of practice covered civil, criminal and Constitutional matters. He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in September 2006.