Collegium recommends appointment of Justice Rajiv Shakdher as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium on Thursday recommended the appointment of Delhi High Court's Justice Rajiv Shakdher as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.

"Mr Justice Rajiv Shakdher was appointed as a Judge of the High Court on 11 April 2008 and ranks at Sl No 4 in the All India Seniority list of High Court Judges. He is one of the seniormost Judges in the country. The Collegium, therefore, recommends that Mr Justice Rajiv Shakdher be appointed as Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh in the vacancy caused by the transfer of Mr Justice M S Ramachandra Rao to the High Court of Jharkhand, consequent upon the retirement of Dr Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi," the Collegium said in its recommendation.

Justice Shakdher obtained LLB degree from Law Faculty, University of Delhi in 1987 and enrolled as an advocate on November 19, 1987.

He completed Chartered Accountancy from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 1987 and pursued Advanced Course in Law at Institute of Advanced Legal Studies from University of London in 1994 as a Chevening Scholar.

He was designated as Senior Advocate in December 2006 and appointed an additional judge of the Delhi High Court on April 11, 2008. He was made a permanent judge of the High Court on October 17, 2011.

He was transferred to the Madras High Court in 2016 where he served until January 2018 before being transferred back to his parent High Court, the Delhi High Court.

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