Centre clears appointment of Justices RD Dhanuka and SV Gangapurwala as Bombay, Madras HC CJs

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It also notified the appointment of Justice Sanjay V Gangapurwala, Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court...

Justice Dhanuka, who will take oath on Saturday, May 27, will retire on May 30..

As per notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the President of India Droupadi Murmu appointed Justice Dhanuka and Justice Gangapurwala as the Chief Justices of the respective High Courts from the date they assume office...

President Murmu, as per powers conferred by Article 217 (1) of the Constitution, had in December 2022 appointed Justice Gangapurwala, who is the senior most judge at the Bombay High Court, as the Acting Chief Justice after Chief Justice Dipankar Datta had relinquished office and had taken oath as a judge of the Supreme Court on December 12, 2022...

Born on May 31, 1961, Justice Dhanuka, completed his LLB in 1985 and started his practice as a lawyer from the chamber of his father Justice Deokinandan R Dhanuka (retired) till his fathers elevation as a Bombay High Court judge in 1990..