{"id":305179,"date":"2023-10-18T18:15:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=305179"},"modified":"2023-10-18T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:36:08","slug":"president-appoints-justice-siddharth-mridul-new-cj-maniour-hc-legal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/10\/18\/president-appoints-justice-siddharth-mridul-new-cj-maniour-hc-legal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"President appoints Justice Siddharth Mridul as the 7th Chief Justice of Manipur High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Ministry of Law and Justice on 16-10-2023 notified the appointment of Justice Siddharth Mridul, Judge Delhi High Court, as the 7<span style=\"vertical-align: super;\">th<\/span> Chief Justice of Manipur High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. The President of India appointed Justice Mridul in exercise of the power conferred by Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001574957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">217(1)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The office of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur was left vacant in February 2023, consequent upon the elevation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/08\/14\/know-thy-judge-supreme-court-of-india-justice-pv-sanjay-kumar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice P.V Sanjay Kumar<\/a> to the Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court Collegium on 05-07-2023, proposed to appoint Mr Justice Siddharth Mridul as the new Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur. Justice Mridul had been functioning as the seniormost puisne Judge in his parent High Court (Delhi). Having regard to all relevant factors, the Collegium was of the view that he was fit and suitable in all respects for being appointed as the Chief Justice of High Court of Manipur<a id=\"fnref1\" href=\"#fn1\" title=\"1. https:\/\/main.sci.gov.in\/pdf\/Collegium\/05072023_174222.pdf\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The recommendation was pending before the Ministry of Law and Justice for final approval. However, in the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/10\/12\/sc-collegium-reiterates-recommendation-transfer-justice-mv-muralidharan-manipur-hc-calcutta-hc-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice M.V. Muralidharan<\/a> had been functioning as the Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Constitution of India &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/constitution-of-india-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Constitution of India\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/constitution-of-india-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/constitution-of-india-768x511.jpg 768w, 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