Justice Arindam Sinha Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Orissa High Court

Update: 2025-01-17 13:14 GMT
Justice Arindam Sinha Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Orissa High Court
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The Centre has notified the appointment of Justice Arindam Sinha, the senior-most puisne Judge of Orissa High Court as its Acting Chief Justice with effect from January 20, 2025. The move comes as the present Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh is set to retire on January 19, 2025.Justice Sinha was born on September 22, 1965. He was enrolled as an Advocate on March 11, 1991 and practised...

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The Centre has notified the appointment of Justice Arindam Sinha, the senior-most puisne Judge of Orissa High Court as its Acting Chief Justice with effect from January 20, 2025. The move comes as the present Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh is set to retire on January 19, 2025.

Justice Sinha was born on September 22, 1965. He was enrolled as an Advocate on March 11, 1991 and practised for 22 years mostly before the Calcutta High Court. He predominantly practised Civil, Commercial, Arbitration and Constitutional laws and specialised in Civil laws.

He was elevated to the Calcutta High Court as an Additional Judge on October 30, 2013 and was appointed as a permanent Judge on March 14, 2016. Subsequently, he was transferred and took oath as Judge of the Orissa High Court on October 08, 2021.

He is currently placed at 42 in the combined seniority list of High Court Judges across the country and 7th senior-most from his parent High Court i,e, Calcutta High Court. He is set to retire on September 21, 2027.

Notably, with the retirement of Chief Justice Singh, the current strength of Orissa High Court has come down to 18 against the sanctioned strength of 33. There has been no appointment since September 2023.

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