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.
Mar 24, 2025
Senior Advocate N. Hariharan is President of Delhi High Court Bar Association
Senior Advocate N. Hariharan was elected as the President of the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA).
Senior Advocate N. Hariharan secured 2,967 votes and won by a margin of 87 votes. Senior Advocate Kirti Uppal came second with 2,880 votes.
An alumnus of Campus Law Centre Delhi University, Hariharan has over 38 years of practice. He was designated as Senior Advocate in 2013.
The other two candidates - Senior Advocate Abhijat garnered 1,429 votes and Senior Advocate Vivek Sood garnered 339 votes.
Centre Clears Appointment of Justice Harish Tandon as Orissa High Court Chief Justice
The Central government cleared the appointment of Justice Harish Tandon as Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.
The Supreme Court Collegium had earlier in March recommended the appointment of the Calcutta High Court judge as Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.
Justice Harish Tandon was appointed as a judge of the Calcutta High Court in April 2010 and has served there since.
Mar 22, 2025
Justice Biren Vaishnav Leads Gujarat High Court Again
The Central government announced that Justice Biren Vaishnav will serve as Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court from March 20 to March 31, during which time Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal is on leave.
Justice Biren had previously served as Acting Chief Justice from February 18 to March 2 during Chief Justice Agarwal's leave.