The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposed appointment of Justice PV Sanjay Kumar as the next Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court..A statement to this effect has been published today, after the decision was taken at a Collegium meeting held on December 16. .Justice Kumar hails from Hyderabad and is the son of former Advocate General for Andhra Pradesh, P Ramachandra Reddy. After obtaining his law degree from the Delhi University, Justice Kumar enrolled as a lawyer with the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in 1988. .He has served as a Government Pleader in the Andhra Pradesh High Court from 2000-2003 and was elevated as a judge of the High Court in 2008. He was made a permanent High Court judge in 2010. .Following the bifurcation of the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Justice Kumar served as a judge of the Telangana High Court. .In October 2019, he was transferred from the Telangana High Court to the Punjab & Haryana High Court, although the move sparked protests among members of the Bar. .At the time, the Telangana High Court Advocates’ Association had asserted that as a senior judge of the Telangana High Court, Justice Kumar ought to have been elevated as the Chief Justice of the High Court..Read the statement:
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposed appointment of Justice PV Sanjay Kumar as the next Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court..A statement to this effect has been published today, after the decision was taken at a Collegium meeting held on December 16. .Justice Kumar hails from Hyderabad and is the son of former Advocate General for Andhra Pradesh, P Ramachandra Reddy. After obtaining his law degree from the Delhi University, Justice Kumar enrolled as a lawyer with the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in 1988. .He has served as a Government Pleader in the Andhra Pradesh High Court from 2000-2003 and was elevated as a judge of the High Court in 2008. He was made a permanent High Court judge in 2010. .Following the bifurcation of the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Justice Kumar served as a judge of the Telangana High Court. .In October 2019, he was transferred from the Telangana High Court to the Punjab & Haryana High Court, although the move sparked protests among members of the Bar. .At the time, the Telangana High Court Advocates’ Association had asserted that as a senior judge of the Telangana High Court, Justice Kumar ought to have been elevated as the Chief Justice of the High Court..Read the statement:
