New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Law and Justice has issued a notification transferring Lisa Gill from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal shared the development through his official social media account. He stated that the transfer was approved by the President of India after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, in accordance with the powers conferred under the Constitution of India.
“In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, has transferred Ms Justice Lisa Gill, Judge, High Court of Punjab and Haryana, to be a Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. I convey my best wishes to her,” Meghwal wrote in a post on X.
Earlier, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended Justice Gill’s name to become the next Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The recommendation was made during a meeting held on February 26.
In its statement, the Collegium noted that it follows a policy under which a judge likely to be appointed as Chief Justice of a High Court may be transferred there around two months before the vacancy arises. The move is aimed at ensuring smoother administration and functioning of the courts.
Justice Gill completed her schooling at Carmel Convent School in Chandigarh. She later graduated in humanities from Government College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh, and pursued her law degree at the Department of Laws, Panjab University. She obtained both her BA LLB and LLM from the university.
She enrolled as an advocate in 1990 and began practising at the Punjab and Haryana High Court, handling a wide range of matters including criminal, civil, service, revenue and constitutional cases. During her legal career, she also represented the Chandigarh administration and appeared for several government boards and corporations.
Justice Gill was elevated as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on March 31, 2014.
