{"id":249586,"date":"2021-06-10T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=249586"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:54:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T12:24:49","slug":"chief-justice-of-allahabad-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/06\/10\/chief-justice-of-allahabad-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav appointed as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Appointment of Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President appoints Shri Sanjay Yadav, Judge of the Allahabad High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Background<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav, M.A., LL.B, was enrolled as an Advocate on 25-08-1986. He practiced at Jabalpur for 20 years in Civil, Constitutional, Labour and Service matters and has specialized in Labour and Service matters. He worked as Government Advocate from March 1999 to October 2005. He was Deputy Advocate General with effect from October 2005. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on March 2, 2007, and as a Permanent Judge on January 15, 2010. Later, he was transferred to Allahabad High Court. 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