Kerala High Court Holds Reference To Condole Demise Of Former CJI Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
The Kerala High Court on Friday morning held a reference to commiserate the sad demise of Justice R.C. Lahoti, former Chief Justice of India before proceedings with its regular sittings. The reference was held at the Court of the Chief Justice at 10: 15 am. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the participants of the reference were limited to the minimum. The Chief Justice S. Mankumar,...
The Kerala High Court on Friday morning held a reference to commiserate the sad demise of Justice R.C. Lahoti, former Chief Justice of India before proceedings with its regular sittings.
The reference was held at the Court of the Chief Justice at 10: 15 am. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the participants of the reference were limited to the minimum.
The Chief Justice S. Mankumar, Advocate General Gopalakrishna Kurup and Advocate Rajesh Vijayan, President of the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association spoke on the occasion.
The reference was followed by everyone standing up and observing silence for two minutes in the Court Hall. The regular slttings of the Courts commenced at 11 am today.
Justice Lahoti was a judge of the Supreme Court from September 12, 1998, to October 31, 2005. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of India on June 1, 2004. He retired on November 1, 2005.
In April, 1977, he was recruited directly from the Bar to the State Higher Judicial Service and was appointed as a District & Sessions Judge. After functioning as a District & Sessions Judge for a year, he resigned in May 1978 and reverted to the Bar for practice mainly in the High Court.
He was appointed Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on May 3, 1988, and made a permanent Judge on August 4, 1989. He was transferred to Delhi High Court on February 7, 1994.