Justice Alok Aradhe to take over as Chief Justice of Telangana HC
Justice Alok Aradhe has been appointed the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended his name on Wednesday
- Telangana
NewsTAP Bureau- Updated On:6 July 2023 9:41 AM GMT
HYDERABAD: Justice Alok Aradhe has been appointed the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended his name on Wednesday. However, the Presidential assent for the appointment is likely to be given on Thursday. Justice Aradhe is currently a judge in Karnataka High Court.
“A vacancy in the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court for the State of Telangana would arise consequent upon the elevation of Mr Justice Ujjal Bhuyan to the Supreme Court in terms of the separate recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium. Therefore, an appointment to that office is required to be made,” the Collegium said.
“Justice Alok Aradhe was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on December 29, 2009, and is now a senior puisne judge in his parent high court. He has been functioning, on transfer since November, 2018, as a judge of the Karnataka High Court and has acquired experience of more than 13 years in dispensing justice in two large High Courts,” it added.
