High Court gets its 44th Chief Justice Bhushan Dharmadhikari

Justice Bhushan Dharmadhikari was on Friday evening sworn-in as the 44^th Chief Justice of the Bombay HC. This comes after the President of India confirmed his appointment as a Chief Justice of the High Court.

Maharashtra governor Bhagatsing Koshyari administered the oath to Justice Dharmadhikari at Raj Bhavan on Friday evening amid the presence of CM Uddhav Thackeray & senior judges of the High Court.

Justice Dharmadhikari has been appointed as the CJ in view of the policy to appoint a senior-most judge as a CJ if s/he is having at least six months to retire from the service & is eligible for being elevated as the CJ of some other High Court.

Last month, after the retirement of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, Justice Dharmadhikari, the senior-most judge of the High Court was notified to be the Acting CJ of the High Court & look after the duties of the CJ.

Appointed as a judge of the High Court in 2004, Justice Dharmadhikari has dominance in criminal law a& also the laws pertaining to services.
He was born in November 1958 & has a bachelors degree in Biology & English Literature apart from the law.

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