The decision was taken at a meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium held earlier this week after Justice Bhattacharya herself requested a transfer for personal reasons.
The Central government on Friday notified appointment of Calcutta High Court additional judge Justice Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury as permanent judge of High Court.
Two litigants, a 64-year-old widow and her daughter, have moved the Supreme Court alleging interference in a criminal probe by the lawyer-husband of a sitting Calcutta High Court judge, Justice Amrita Sinha.