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Justice Sanjib Banerjee’s journey from his early education to becoming a distinguished jurist with a legal career spanning over 3 decades and extensive tenure of 17 years as a Judge is a testament to his unwavering commitment uphold the principles of justice.
Justice Vikram Nath, a fourth generation legal luminary and sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India, is likely to become Chief Justice of India for seven months in 2027.
“When a manifest illegality by a criminal court resulting in gross failure of justice comes to the notice of the High Court, it is the bounden duty of the High Court as a Constitutional Court to set right the illegality and to ensure that public confidence in the criminal justice system is maintained.”
Justice Alok Aradhe was sworn in as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court on 23-07-2023 by the Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. He succeeded Justice Ujjal Bhuyan who has been elevated as a Judge in the Supreme Court of India. Justice Aradhe has formerly served as Judge in Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh High Courts.
Consequent upon superannuation of Shri Justice Ponugoti Naveen Rao on 14.07.2023, Shri Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili, the senior-most puisne Judge of the High Court of Telangana will perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Telangana
The Seven Supreme Court collegium resolutions were passed on 05-07-2023.
Shri Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar, Judge of Bombay High Court has been appointed as Acting Chief Justice to perform the duties of
Justice Tirunelveli Subbiah Sivagnanam was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 11-05-2023.
Justice S Manikumar, former senior-most Judge of Madras High Court, who was appointed as the 36th Chief Justice of Kerala High Court in 2019, is all set to retire today.
The Supreme Court Collegium in February had recommended Justice Sabina’s name for appointment as the Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal Pradesh.
The three Supreme Court collegium resolutions were passed dated 12-04-2023.
Former Judge of Kerala High Court, Justice K. Vinod Chandran was recently appointed as 44th Chief Justice of Patna High Court. He is popularly known for his by-the-book approach in the legal fraternity.
Justice Ramesh Sinha, former senior judge of Allahabad High Court was recently appointed as the 15th Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court via notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Justice Prakash Shrivastava retires today after being the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court for one and half years.
The Patna High Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of an IPS Officer who hired a conman to pose as the as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and to make calls to other officers for taking decision in his favour in a corruption case against him.
Justice Pritinker Diwaker, Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Vinod Chandran appointed as Chief Justices for Allahabad High Court, Chattisgarh High Court and Patna High Court respectively.
Justice Arup Kumar Goswami who was appointed as the 14th Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh with effect from 12-10-2021 is retiring today. Justice Goswami is known to be a cricket enthusiast and has represented Assam in the Ranji Trophy.
Justice Sonia Giridhar Gokani, who recently took oath as the Gujarat High Court’s 28th and First Woman Chief Justice, retired on 25-02-2023 after a shortest tenure of any Chief Justice in the history of Gujarat High Court
Former Judge of Uttaranchal High Court, Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra was recently elevated as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court. At his swearing-in ceremony, Justice Mishra stated that his priority will be to impart justice to the poor and downtrodden while expediting old cases.
Justice Jaswant Singh who was appointed as the 7th Chief Justice of Tripura High Court, has had an extensive legal career spanning 30+ years and has an avid interest in sports like lawn tennis, cricket and golf.