After six months of SC Collegium recommendation, President appoints chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ July 4,2024
Today, the President of India appointed has Justice Sheel Nagu as the Chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. Earlier, on December 27,2023, CJI Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of Mr Justice Sheel Nagu as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
A vacancy in the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana has arisen consequent upon the retirement of Mr Justice Ravi Shankar Jha.
Justice Sheel Nagu was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on 27 May 2011 and has been functioning there since then. Before his elevation as a Judge of the High Court, he practised at the High Court of Madhya Pradesh in Constitutional, service, labour and criminal cases. As regards his contribution to the judiciary by way of disposal of cases, during his tenure of over 12 years as a Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, he has authored more than 499 reported judgments. He has acquired extensive experience in dispensing justice at the High Court. He is the seniormost puisne Judge in his parent High Court. He is considered to be a competent judge and possesses a high level of integrity and conduct required of a person holding high judicial office. While recommending his name, the Collegium is conscious of the fact that the High Court of Madhya Pradesh is already represented by a Chief Justice among the Chief Justices of the High Courts.
After six months of SC Collegium recommendation, President appoints chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court . While recommending the name, “the Collegium have taken regard to all relevant factors and is of the considered view that Mr Justice Sheel Nagu is fit and suitable in all respects for being appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. In view of the above, the Collegium resolves to recommend that Mr Justice Sheel Nagu be appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.”
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