State HC planned at Bilaspur

After the bifurcation of the Madhya Pradesh high court at Jabalpur, the sources said some of its judges would move to the Chhattishgarh High Court. Till the appointment of the Chief Justice, the senior-most judge could be named as the acting Chief Justice, they said.

However, they said there was no move for the present to have any high court bench or circuit elsewhere in the new state.

Reports received at state headquarters had earlier indicated a common high court for Chhattisgarh state and rest of Madhya Pradesh as a stop-gap arrangement for the time being.