Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy has been appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court following the elevation of the incumbent Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari to the Supreme Court.

In the notification issued today, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent under Article 223 of the Constitution of India to appoint Swamy J as the Acting Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.

Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy is the senior most Judge of the Karnataka High Court. He began his career as an Advocate in 1987 and practiced in the Karnataka High Court. He worked as a Government Pleader for four years between 1995 and 1999. Justice Narayana Swamy was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court in 2007 and was made a permanent judge in 2009.

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