President appoints Acting Chief Justices for Bombay and Patna High Courts
Appointments for Acting Chief Justices for Bombay and Patna High Courts were made in consequence of their Chief Justices being elevated to the Supreme Court.
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President appoints Acting Chief Justices for Gauhati High Court and Karnataka High Court
The appointments were made in consequence of elevation of Chief Justices of Gauhati and Karnataka High Court as Supreme Court Judges.
Justice Biren Aniruddh Vaishnav appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
Justice Vaishnav will perform the duties of Chief Justice from 01-04-2025 to 06-04-2025.
Govt. appoints Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Biren A. Vaishav as Chief Justice of Orissa HC and Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat HC, respectively
The Collegium headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, CJI, recommended the appointment of Justice Harish Tandon, Judge Calcutta High Court, as Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.
Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, the 34th Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, retires after a tenure of 11 months
Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, who is retiring on 19-1-2025, was recommended as Chief Justice of Orissa High Court on 02-11-2023 and took charge of office on 07-02-2024.
President appoints Justice Arindam Sinha as Acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
Justice Sinha will perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from 20-01-2025 consequent upon retirement of Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh.
Centre notifies appointment of Acting Chief Justices for High Courts of Patna and Telangana
Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Sujoy Paul were appointed as Acting Chief Justices of Patna and Telangana High Courts respectively.
Government appoints Justice Vibhu Bakhru as Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
Justice Vibhu Bakhru enrolled as an Advocate with Bar Council of Delhi in September 1990 and was appointed as Additional Judge of High Court of Delhi on 17-4-2013 and became a Permanent Judge on 18-3-2015.
President appoints Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari as Acting Chief Justice of Uttaranchal High Court
Justice Tiwari will perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice with effect from 11-10-2024 consequent upon the retirement of Justice Ritu Bahri, Chief Justice, on 10-10-2024.
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President appoints Justice Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew as Acting Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
Justice Thangkhiew will perform the duties of the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court consequent upon the retirement of Chief Justice S. Vaidyanathan, on 16-8-2024.
Centre notifies appointment of Acting Chief Justices for J&K and Ladakh High Court and Madras High Court
The appointments were made considering the elevation of Justice N. Kotiswar Singh and Justice R. Mahadevan to the Supreme Court.
Centre notifies appointment of Justice Muhamed Mustaque Ayumantakath as Acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court
Justice Muhamed Mustaque Ayumantakath will perform the duties of Acting Chief Justice consequent upon the retirement of Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai, Chief Justice, Kerala High Court on 04-07-2024.
Madras HC takes suo motu cognizance of Kallakurichi hooch tragedy; Directs Registry to place matter before Acting Chief Justice
“The people inhabiting the Kalvarayan hills are from economically and socially backward sections of the Society and their fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution need to exercised to the fullest.”
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Centre appoints Chief Justices of 6 High Courts and Acting Chief Justice for Punjab and Haryana High Court
Ministry of Law and Justice notified appointment of Chief Justices for Allahabad, Gauhati, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Orissa and Uttaranchal High Courts.
Illegal Sand mining on Kathajodi | “False affidavit by Collector; permission of mechanized mining”; Orissa HC rebukes State, warns legal action
“Even after knowing the situation, the authorities did not take care of and attempted to control the situation, rather it appears that they have hands in glove with the lessees involved in illegal mining, for the reasons best known to them.”
Justice Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
Consequent to the retirement of current Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court, Justice Sanjib Banerjee on 01-11-2023, Justice Thangkhiew will take over the responsibilities of Acting Chief Justice.