Justice Vineet Saran of the Karnataka High Court will be sworn in as the next Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court here by Governor SC Jamir on February 26. Justice Saran (now 59) obtained llB in 1979-80 and began his career as a lawyer at the Allahabad High Court in 1980. He also served as Additional Advocate General for UP in 1995 till he was elevated as a permanent Judge in 2002. He served at the Allahabad High Court till last year before moving to Karnataka.
The post of the Chief Justice in the Orissa HC is lying vacant after Justice DH Waghela was recently transferred to the Bombay HC. He was Chief Justice for a period of nine months.