BREAKING| Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Orissa HC CJ Justice Muralidhar As Madras High Court Chief Justice

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, Justice S. Muralidhar, as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.

Justice S Muralidhar had succeeded Justice Mohammad Rafiq as the 32nd Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. Justice Muralidhar was born on August 8, 1961. He enrolled as an advocate on September 12, 1984 and practiced in civil courts in Chennai, Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of Delhi High Court on May 29, 2006 and as Permanent Judge on August 29, 2007. Later, he was transferred to Punjab and Haryana High Court on March 6, 2020.

On December 31, 2020, Justice Muralidhar was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.

The post of Chief Justice of Madras High Court fell vacant with the retirement of the previous CJ Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari on September 12.