Justice S Muralidhar To Take Oath As Chief Justice of Orissa High Court On Jan 4

Bhubaneswar: Justice Dr S Muralidhar, who was recent appointed as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, will take charge of the office on January 4.

Earlier, President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, in exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, appointed Muralidhar and three other judges Him Kohli, Sanjib Banerjee and Pankaj Mithal as the Chief Justices of Orissa, Telangana, Madras, and J&K and Ladakh, respectively.

It is to be noted that the Supreme Court Collegium had earlier recommended elevation of Justice S Muralidhar as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. Muralidhar is currently posted at the Punjab & Haryana High Court.

Justice S Muralidhar to take oath as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court on January 4 #Odisha

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Brief Profile Of Justice S. Muralidhar

Dr. Justice S Muralidhar, B.Sc., LL.M., Ph.D., was born on August 08, 1961. He enrolled as an Advocate on September 12, 1984 and practiced in Civil Courts in Chennai and served in Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Labour, Election, Arbitration, Public Interest Litigation, Human Rights, Company,Taxation and Service matters.

His fields of specialization are Constitutional, Election, PIL, Criminal and Human Rights Cases.
He has also worked as Counsel for Election Commission of India, National Human Rights Commission, Central Vigilance Commission and University Grants Commission (UGC) and as Member of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee between 2000 and 2004.

He was appointed as an Additional Judge of Delhi High Court on May 29, 2006 and as Permanent Judge on August 29, 2007. Later, he was transferred to Punjab and Haryana High Court on March 6, 2020.

Meanwhile, the incumbent Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, Mohammad Rafiq has been transferred to Madhya Pradesh High Court.

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on December 14 had recommended transfer of Rafiq along with eight other judges.

(Edited By Suryakant Jena)