Senior most judge of Kerala High Court P.R. Ramachandra Menon will be the new Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur.
The Supreme Court Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S.A. Bobde and N.V. Ramana recommended Menon’s appointment.
The post of Chief Justice is at present lying vacant in as former Chief Justice A.K. Tripathi resigned from the post to assume the charge of judicial member of the Lokpal, New Delhi.
Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra is at present acting as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.
