Justice Duraiswamy appointed as new Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court
Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari is about to retire from his service on September 12.
“In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint, Justice M Duraiswamy, senior-most Judge of the Madras High Court, to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of that High Court, with effect from September 13, 2022, consequent upon the superannuation of Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari, Chief Justice, Madras High Court,” the Union Government’s notification read.
It is noted that Justice Duraiswamy will attain retirement on September 21.
After the CJ, Justice Duraiswamy is the senior-most judge in the Madras HC and he is currently heading the second bench of the court. Justice Duraiswamy is to attain the position of ACJ for the second time in a row. Earlier, when the then CJ Sanjib Banerjee was transferred to Meghalaya HC, Justice Duraiswamy served as the ACJ for a small stint.
Whenever the CJ used to sit on the Madurai bench of Madras HC, certain portfolios including the hearings of PIL were placed before the second bench of Justice Duraiswamy.