Justice Kempaiah Somashekar of Karnataka High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court. .The Central government issued the notification today after the Supreme Court Collegium made the recommendation on May 15."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 Kempaiah Somashekar, Judge of the Karnataka High Court, to be Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office," the notification read. The present Manipur High Court Chief Justice, Justice D Krishnakumar, is set to retire on May 21..Justice Somasekhar was appointed District and Sessions Judge on June 17, 1998 and was elevated as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court on November 14, 2016. He was made a permanent judge on November 3, 2018. .[Read Notification]
Justice Kempaiah Somashekar of Karnataka High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court. .The Central government issued the notification today after the Supreme Court Collegium made the recommendation on May 15."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 Kempaiah Somashekar, Judge of the Karnataka High Court, to be Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office," the notification read. The present Manipur High Court Chief Justice, Justice D Krishnakumar, is set to retire on May 21..Justice Somasekhar was appointed District and Sessions Judge on June 17, 1998 and was elevated as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court on November 14, 2016. He was made a permanent judge on November 3, 2018. .[Read Notification]
