The incumbent acting Chief Justice Navin Sinha has been appointed as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court. The letter of his elevation as CJ from the Rashtrapati Bhawan has already reached the High Court here on Tuesday.
Justice Sinha will take the oath of office on April 9 at Raj Bhawan in Raipur in a specially arranged swearing-in ceremony which will be attended by a galaxy of dignitaries from the administrative front and the members of the legal fraternity in the State.
Chhattisgarh Governor Balramji Dass Tandon will administer the oath of office and secrecy. Justice Sinha joined the Chhattisgarh High Court on July 9 year before last year following his transfer from Patna High Court in the capacity of acting Chief Justice.
He was born on August 19, 1956. After completing his degree in law he got himself enrolled as an Advocate on July 26, 1979. He practiced in the Patna High Court for 23 years on Civil, Constitutional, labour, Service, Commercial, Company (limited), Criminal matters and specialized in Commercial, Civil, Service, Constitutional laws.
He was also Counsel for several Government of India organisations apart from corporate sector. He was appointed as Permanent Judge of the Patna High Court on February 11, 2004.