Governor Ram Naresh Yadav administered oath of office to newly appointed Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanvilkar at Raj Bhavan. The swearing-in ceremony was conducted by Chief Secretary Anthony de Sa.
Ajay Manikrao Khanvilkar is the 22nd Chief Justice of MPHC. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, lokayukta PP Naolekar, DGP Nandan Dube, Principal Secretary to Governor Vinod Semwal, Principal Secretary to CM Manoj Shrivastava, Principal Secretary General Administration K Suresh, Principal Secretary Home RK Swai and senior administrative and police officers were present on the occasion. After the swearing-in ceremony, Governor Ram Naresh Yadav and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan extended greetings and best wishes to Chief Justice Khanvilkar.
large number of people including relatives of Khanvilkar attended the ceremony.
Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar hails from Pune in Maharashtra. He was appointed Additional Judge of Bombay High Court in March 2000 and confirmed as Permanent Judge in April 2002. He has been in legal profession for the last 31 years. He did his degree in Commerce from Mulund College of Commerce, Mumbai University and degree in law from KC law College, Mumbai University. He enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1982 and handled Civil, Criminal and Constitutional matters before the Subordinate Courts, Tribunals and High Court of Judicature at Bombay on the Appellate Side as well as the Original Side. Then he started practice exclusively in the Supreme Court of India from the year 1984. He was also appointed standing Counsel for the Election Commission of India for Supreme Court matters in March 1995. He was also appointed Member of the Task force constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in November 1995 for examining and reporting on the amendments needed in the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. Justice Khanwilkar has a wide range of exposure in Criminal, Civil, Constitutional, Election and Co-operative matters. He also remained Executive Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association and Joint Secretary and Executive Member of the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association.