STAFF CORRESPONDENT

The government has transferred and promoted as many as 244 lower court judges in another major reshuffle in the judiciary a month after the interim administration took charge.

They include district and additional district judges, and metropolitan and chief judicial magistrates.

Among them, 23 joint district judges have been promoted to the posts of additional district judges.

The law ministry issued nine notifications to this effect yesterday.

It said the transfers and promotions of lower court judges were done in consultation with the Supreme Court.

Earlier, the government transferred 81 lower court judges on August 28, just around three weeks after the advisers of the new government were sworn in.