Justice Satish Chandra Sharma takes oath as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court

Hyderabad: Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to Justice Satish Chandra Sharma at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, Ministers, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, attended the event and congratulated […]

Hyderabad: Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to Justice Satish Chandra Sharma at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, Ministers, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, attended the event and congratulated the new Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.

Justice Satish Chandra Sharma will be the fourth Chief Justice of Telangana High Court which came into being on January 1, 2019. While Justice TB Radhakrishnan was the first Chief Justice of Telangana High Court, he was succeeded by Justice RS Chouhan and Justice Hima Kohli in the post. The Centre issued a gazette notification on appointment of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma following the approval from President Ram Nath Kovind.

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Following the appointment of Justice Hima Kohli as a Supreme Court Judge on August 31, Justice MSR Ramachandra Rao took over the post on a temporary basis. Following his recent transfer to the Punjab-Haryana High Court, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma who was serving as the interim Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court.

Born on November 30 of 1961 in Bhopal, Justice Sharma completed his LLB from Dr Hari Singh Gour University in 1984. After serving as an advocate in various positions, he became the additional judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court in 2008 and was appointed as the High Court judge in 2010. He was transferred to Karnataka High Court on January 4 this year where he has been serving as the acting Chief Justice since August 31. Ministers A Indrakaran Reddy, Satyavathi Rathod, V Srinivas Goud, Ch Malla Reddy, High Court judges, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and GHMC Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi and other officials attended the ceremony.