Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot Saturday administered the oath of workplace to Justice Vibhu Bakhru, the brand new Chief Justice of the Karnataka Excessive Court docket. The ceremony was carried out on the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru and attended by a number of dignitaries, together with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar.
Chief Justice Bakhru’s posting had come after a Could 26 assembly of the Supreme Court docket collegium and was introduced amid a sequence of transfers to and from a number of excessive courts.
Initially hailing from Nagpur, Chief Justice Bakhru had practiced as an advocate in Delhi since 1990, acquiring a senior designation in 2011 and a posting as Further Choose on the Delhi Excessive Court docket in 2013. He had additionally not too long ago served as Performing Chief Justice of the Delhi Excessive Court docket from December 5, 2024, to January 2025.
Talking within the wake of a welcome occasion organised by the Karnataka State Bar Council at Court docket Corridor 1 of the excessive court docket, Chief Justice Bakhru mentioned, “I’m deeply honoured… the Bar Council of Karnataka has welcomed me right now… It’s a privilege to imagine to workplace of Chief Justice in a state that has made such enduring contributions to the authorized and constitutional growth of our nation.”
He added, “I invite you (advocates) to work with me not simply as officers of the court docket however as guardians of public belief and the justice system… If there may be any cheap suggestion or demand which I’m satisfied will higher this establishment, and I’ve the power to execute it, I’ll.”
Justices D Okay Singh and J Banerji had been additionally sworn in to the Karnataka Excessive Court docket, having been posted right here from the Kerala and Allahabad Excessive Courts, respectively.
Saturday was additionally the final day within the Karnataka Excessive Court docket for Performing Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao, who has been transferred again to the Delhi Excessive Court docket, the place he initially started service as a choose alongside Chief Justice Bakhru in 2013.
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Delivering a farewell tackle on the excessive court docket, he mentioned, “It has certainly been each an honour and a privilege to be a part of this excessive court docket. These 14 months have handed as swiftly as an autumn breeze, however they left behind wealthy experiences and lasting recollections…”