Justices R V Ghuge M C Tripathi Calcutta Bombay High Court

hirteen years, was appointed as its Acting Chief Justice in June this year, after the 49th Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar was elevated as a Supreme Court judge.

Justice Tripathi, if approved by the Central government, will be the 50th Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and the second Chief Justice from Allahabad in recent years after Justice D K Upadhyaya, who served as the 47th Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.

He is presently serving as the second senior-most judge at the High Court after its Chief Justice and has presided over the High Court’s principal bench at Allahabad.

Born on June 21, 1966, Justice Tripathi graduated in Law from Lucknow University in 1990 and enrolled as an advocate on January 11, 1992. He practises in civil matters and has worked as Additional Standing Counsel of Uttar Pradesh since October 2007.

He also worked as counsel for the Kanpur Development Authority, Kanpur Nagar Nigam, UP Food and Essential Commodities Corporation, Agra Development Authority, Moradabad Development Authority and Kumaun University. He was elevated as Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court on September 27, 2013. He became a permanent judge on April 10, 2015.

Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty is presently serving as Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, which will now be presided over by Justice Ghuge, subject to approval by the Central government.

Born on July 9, 1966, Justice Ghuge is the son of former Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU) Vice-Chancellor V B Ghuge. He completed his schooling at Saint Xavier’s High School, Kolhapur. He obtained his five-year law degree from Shahaji Law College, Kolhapur, and MP Law College, Aurangabad (now Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), in 1990.

He began practising at the Bombay High Court and industrial/labour courts in 1990, initially representing workers and unions in nearly 2,000 cases. He later represented around 250 industries, including multinational companies, as well as the Bar Council of India.

Justice Ghuge also taught LLM students as a contributory professor at BAMU and served as secretary and president of the Bar Association of Industrial Lawyers, Aurangabad.

He played cricket for his school and law college and at district and zonal levels. He was elevated as a Bombay High Court judge on June 21, 2013.

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