Special judge HS Satbhai, who was hearing the applications of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for remand of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case and other cases pertaining to MPs and MLAs, has been transferred to Yavatmal district by the Bombay High Court with immediate effect.

He had been hearing cases pertaining to MPs and MLAs since July this year at the sessions court here. On Monday, judge Satbhai had remanded Deshmukh in 14-day judicial custody.