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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - June 2023

Jun 2023

Apr 10, 2025

Justice Sanjeev Kumar is Acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court

The Central government issued a notification for appointment of Justice Sanjeev Kumar as the acting Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court.
J&K and Ladakh High Court's present Chief Justice, Justice Tashi Rabistan, retired.

Apr 07, 2025

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment of Justice Arun Palli as Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir H...

The Supreme Court Collegium recommended that Justice Arun Palli of Punjab and Haryana High Court be appointed as the Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court.
The decision came in view of current Chief Justice Tashi Rabtan's retirement on April 9.
Justice Palli served as the Additional Advocate General of Punjab from September 2004 to March 2007. Following this, he was designated a senior advocate in April 2007.
He was elevated to be a part of the Punjab and Haryana HC bench in December 2013.
Justice Palli has been serving as the Executive Chairman of the Haryana State Legal Service Authority since May 31, 2023. He was also nominated as a member of the National Legal Services Authority on October 31, 2023, for a period of two years.

Apr 02, 2025

Centre Clears Transfer of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma from Delhi to Calcutta High Court

The Central government approved the transfer of Delhi High Court Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma to the Calcutta High Court.
Justice Sharma joined the Delhi Judicial Service in 1992 and was promoted to the Higher Judicial Service in 2003. He has held key positions, including Registrar General of the Delhi High Court and Principal District & Sessions Judge, New Delhi.
A Fellow of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, he has also trained mediators under the Supreme Court's Mediation Project.

Apr 01, 2025

Senior Advocate Manoj Mishra New President of Orissa High Court Bar Association

Senior Advocate Manoj Mishra was elected as the President of Orissa High Court Bar Elections.
Advocate Sidharth Das won the Vice President post while Advocate Avijit Patnaik was elected the Secretary.
Advocate Padmalaya Mohapatra was elected as the Joint-Secretary of the Association, while the Assistant Secretary post was won by Advocate Abhijit Das and the Assistant Secretary (Library) post won by Advocate Sapan Kumar Pal.

Mar 31, 2025

Maninderjit Singh Bedi Appointed As New Advocate General of Punjab

Advocate Maninderjit Singh Bedi was appointed as new Advocate General (AG) of Punjab, after Senior Advocate Gurminder Singh resigned from the post.
Gurminder Singh is the third AG to resign from post in Punjab in three years of the Aam Aadmi Party government.

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