Overview

• President Droupadi Murmu on September 20 appointed Justice Pavankumar Bhimappa Bajanthri as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court.
• Bajanthri had been serving as Acting Chief Justice following Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi’s elevation to the Supreme Court.
• The Supreme Court recently returned to its full sanctioned strength of 34 judges after the appointments of Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Pancholi.
• The Law Ministry also notified Advocate Arun Kumar’s appointment to the Allahabad High Court and confirmed three Kerala High Court judges as permanent.
• Bajanthri, 62, previously served on the Karnataka High Court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court and enrolled as an advocate in 1990.