On Thursday, Justice SN Satyanarayana took oath as Judge of Punjab & Haryana High Court. He was transferred from the High Court of Karnataka in March, but his joining got delayed due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Chief Justice RS Jha administered the oath to him by at a ceremony at Punjab and Haryana HC premises, attended only by the administrative committee of the Court, in view of the covid-19 outbreak.
Justice Satyanarayana was the second senior-most judge at the High Court of Karnataka after the Chief Justice & here will be at number 7. Born on Jan 15, 1959, he enrolled as an Advocate on April 22, 1983, at Bengaluru & took up civil as well as criminal cases. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka HC on June 9, 2008, & a permanent Judge on June 8, 2012. The number of Judges at the Punjab & Haryana HC is now 56, including the Chief Justice, against the sanctioned strength of 85.
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