Supreme Court Collegium has recommended name of Mr Justice M Sundar, Judge, High Court of Judicature at Madras, as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur.
Justice Sundar is currently the second senior-most judge of the Madras High Court.
If appointed, he will carry forward the tradition of judges from the Madras High Court leading the Manipur High Court. In the past, Justices Ramalingam Sudhakar, M.V. Muralidharan, and D. Krishna Kumar—all originally from the Madras High Court—have served as Chief Justices of the Manipur High Court.
Born on July 19, 1966, in Chennai, Justice Sundar pursued law at Madras Law College, where he was part of the institution’s first five-year integrated law course. He enrolled as an advocate in 1989 and built a practice primarily before the Madras High Court, specializing in a wide range of civil matters. He was elevated as a permanent judge of the Madras High Court on October 5, 2016.
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