Pramath Patnaik was sworn in as an Additional Judge of the Odisha High Court here on Wednesday.
He was administered the oath by the High Court Chief Justice Amitava Roy in the HC premises. With this, the total number of judges in the High Court has gone up to 21.Prior to his new assignment, Justice Patnaik was the Government Advocate at the Principal Bench of the Odisha Administrative Tribunal (OAT), Bhubaneswar.
Born in 1959, Patnaik completed his Master’s Degree from the Delhi University and later obtained a Degree from University law College of Utkal University.
He was Standing Counsel of the OAT during 1994-95 and also served as an Additional Standing Counsel of the High Court between 2000 and 2006. He also served as an Additional Government Advocate in the High Court between 2006 and 2009.