Senior judge of the Odisha High Court Justice Pradeep K Mohanty on Friday took charge as the Acting Chief Justice of the State. Upon elevation of former Chief Justice C Nagappan to the Bench of Supreme Court earlier this week, the post of the Chief Justice of the State was lying vacant.
In fact, Justice Mohanty took charge as the Acting CJ of the HC for the second time. He was earlier appointed in the same post in December last year after the then Chief Justice of the High Court Justice V Gopala Gowda was elevated to the Supreme Court. He continued in that capacity till the end of February this year.