Patna High Court Judge, Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi would be the new Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court.
The present Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice T.B Radhakrishnan, has been transferred as a Joint Chief Justice of High Courts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States.
The Centre on Thursday approved the transfer of Justice T B Radhakrishnan on recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium early this year.
Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi who has been elevated as the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh HC, Bilaspur, hails from steel city Bokaro.
He had taken his school education from Saint Xavier’s School, Bokaro and had done his higher education from Shreeram College, New Delhi.
later, he took his degree of law from Delhi University and started practicing as an Advocate from 1981 and was appointed as a Judge in High Court of Patna in the year 2006. He became regular Judge of Patna HC from November 21, 2007.
He is a good player of golf and has participated in inter-state golf tournaments.
Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi was Chairman of Patna Golf Club from 2007 to 2009. His father Hari Narayan Tripathi is a social worker while his two younger brothers Vijay and Abhay are officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS).