Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray, the senior-most Judge of the Orissa High Court has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Court, consequent upon the retirement of Chief Justice Harish Tandon with effect from November 15.
A notification regarding the same has been issued on Friday (November 13) by the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Justice Routray was born on January 30, 1970. After practising law for a decade, he was selected to the Higher Judicial Service directly from the Bar in the year 2008. After serving at various places in the State in the cadre of District Judge, he was elevated to the High Court on November 08, 2019.
Pertinently, with the superannuation of Chief Justice Tandon, the High Court is left with only 13 Judges against a sanctioned strength of 33 Judges.