Justice Ravi Malimath, senior-most judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, has been appointed Acting Chief Justice with effect from July 1, 2021, consequent upon the retirement of the present Chief Justice L Narayana Swamy..A notification in this regard was issued by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice on June 28. .Justice Malimath took oath as a judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court on January 7, 2021..He was appointed as an additional judge of the High Court of Karnataka in February 2008 and made a permanent judge in 2010. .He was then transferred to the Uttarakhand High Court and assumed office on March 5, 2020. He also served as Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Uttarakhand..[Read Notification]
