Pertinently, in August, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the name of Justice Ravi Shankar Jha, a senior puisne judge from Madhya Pradesh High Court, for his appointment as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. (File)Following the elevation of Justice Krishna Murari as judge of the Supreme Court, the Centre Saturday notified the appointment of Justice Rajiv Sharma as an acting chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The Union Ministry of Law and Justice in a notification said, “The President is pleased to appoint Justice Rajeev Sharma, the senior-most judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, to perform the duties of the office of chief justice with effect from the date Justice Krishna Murari relinquishes the charge.”
Justice Sharma was transferred from the Uttarakhand High Court in November 2018 and is originally from the Himachal Pradesh High Court, where he was first appointed as an additional judge in 2007. Besides disposing of a record number of criminal appeals at the HC here since his joining, Justice Sharma also has passed a number of directions to Punjab and Haryana on drug menace and problems faced by the farmers. He earlier also abolished solitary confinement for prisoners on death row in Punjab and Haryana.
Pertinently, in August, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the name of Justice Ravi Shankar Jha, a senior puisne judge from Madhya Pradesh High Court, for his appointment as Chief Justice of the…
