The delay in Justice J. Nisha Banu assuming office at the Kerala High Court pursuant to her transfer from the Madras High Court on October 14, 2025 has led to a disquiet among the Bar members both in the principal seat of her parent High Court in Chennai as well as its Madurai Bench.

Being the third senior judge in the Madras High Court, she had become a part of the collegium that recommends candidates for judgeship. However, she would be pushed to the ninth position in seniority if she joins the Kerala High Court and that had now become a bone of contention.

She was elevated as a judge of the High Court on October 5 in 2016.

In August this year, the Supreme Court collegium recommended her transfer to the Kerala High Court along with the transfer of several other judges across the cou

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