Justice Manmohan takes oath as Supreme Court docket choose | Newest Information India

Justice Manmohan’s appointment was notified after President Draupadi Murmu issued the warrant of appointment on December 3. The Supreme Court docket collegium advisable the elevation on November 28.

Justice Manmohan’s appointment enhances the illustration of the Delhi excessive courtroom. CJI Khanna was earlier the one choose from the Delhi excessive courtroom.

The collegium comprising the CJI and justices Bhushan R Gavai, Surya Kant, Hrishikesh Roy, and Abhay S Oka famous the illustration of the Delhi excessive courtroom whereas recommending Justice Manmohan’s elevation. The decision of the collegium for the elevation factored in his seniority and regional illustration. “Justice Manmohan stands at Sl. No. 2 [serial number two] within the mixed all-India seniority of excessive courtroom judges and he’s the senior-most choose within the excessive courtroom of Delhi. Whereas recommending his title, the collegium has considered the truth that, at current, the bench of [the] Supreme Court docket is represented by just one choose from the Delhi HC.”

The Supreme Court docket has had a good illustration of the Delhi excessive courtroom judges. They included justices S Ravindra Bhat, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, and Hima Kohli, the final to retire in September.

Justice Manmohan was born on December 17, 1962, in Delhi. His father, the late Jagmohan, was a bureaucrat and politician. Justice Manmohan accomplished his education at Delhi’s Trendy College. He graduated with a BA (Hons) in Historical past from the College of Delhi’s Hindu School. He studied legislation on the College of Delhi’s Campus Regulation Centre. In 1987, he started his profession specialising in civil, legal, constitutional, and arbitration issues.

Justice Manmohan was designated a senior advocate in 2003. He dealt with circumstances equivalent to Hyderabad Nizam’s Jewelry Belief matter. In 2008, Justice Manmohan was elevated as a further excessive courtroom choose. He was confirmed a yr later as a everlasting Choose.

Justice Manmohan served because the performing chief justice after Justice Satish Chandra Sharma’s elevation to the Supreme Court docket in November 2023. He was sworn in because the full-time Delhi excessive courtroom chief justice on September 29.