Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice SV Gangapurwala As Chief Justice Of Madras High Court

The Centre has appointed Justice SV Gangapurwala as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court. Justice Gnagapurwala is currently the Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.

In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sanjay Vijaylcumar Gangapurwala, Judge, Bombay High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office, the notification read.

The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of Justice Gangapurwala to the Madras High Court on 19th April 2023. Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala was elevated as Additional Judge of Bombay High Court in 2010. In December 2022, he was appointed as the Acting Justice of the Bombay High Court after the then Chief Justice Dipankar Datta was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court.

With this appointment, the Madras High Court will be getting a Chief Justice after almost nine months. The position was left vacant after the superannuation of Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari in September last year. Thereafter, Justice Duraiswamy, Justice T Raja and presently Justice Vaidyanathan have been serving as the Acting Chief Justice.

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