Centre Notifies Appointment Of Acting Chief Justice For Orissa HC; Two Gauhati HC Judges Made Permanent

Justice Sinha was born on September 22, 1965, and was enrolled as an Advocate on March 11, 1991. He practiced for 22 years, primarily before the Calcutta High Court, focusing on Civil, Commercial, Arbitration, and Constitutional law, with a specialisation in Civil law.

He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court on October 30, 2013, and became a permanent Judge on March 14, 2016. Justice Sinha was later transferred to the Orissa High Court, where he took oath on October 8, 2021.

Currently ranked 42nd in the combined seniority list of High Court Judges nationwide, Justice Sinha holds the 7th position among Judges from his home court, the Calcutta High Court. He is scheduled to retire on September 21, 2027.

The notification dated January 17, 2025 read, “In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Arindam Sinha, Judge of the Orissa High Court.9 to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from 20.01.2025 consequent upon retirement of Shri Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Chief Justice, Orissa High Court on 19.01.2025.”

In another notification by the Ministry, two additional judges of the Gauhati High Court have been made permanent.

The judges made permanent are:

1. Justice Kardak Ete
2. Mridul Kumar Kalita

The notification dated January 17, 2025 read, “In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri Justices (i) Kardak Ete and (ii) Mridul Kumar Kalita, Additional Judges of Gauhati High Court, to be Judges of that High Court with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.”