Kataka: Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray has been appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court following the retirement of Chief Justice Harish Tandon.
Justice Routray is the senior-most judge of the Orissa High Court and will assume charge November 16.
The Union Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification announcing his appointment Friday.
A native of Kataka, Justice Routray pursued his schooling at Ravenshaw Collegiate School before graduating from Utkal University. He earned his LLB degree in 1994 and subsequently practised law at the Orissa High Court and various other courts and tribunals.
It can be mentioned here that after nearly a decade at the Bar, he entered the Higher Judicial Service through direct recruitment in 2008. He took charge as an Additional District and Sessions Judge in Sambalpur in December that year and went on to hold several positions in the district judiciary, including District and Sessions Judge of Ganjam. He was elevated to the Orissa High Court November 8, 2019.
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