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Madras High Court Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava is owed to discontinue from work connected March 5, 2026. Hence, to instrumentality steps successful beforehand for filling up the expected vacancy, the Supreme Court collegium has recommended Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, present serving successful the Kerala High Court, arsenic the adjacent Chief Justice of Madras High Court.
Hailing from Madhya Pradesh, Justice Dharmadhikari was calved connected July 8, 1966 astatine Raipur and obtained his bachelor’s grade successful commerce and instrumentality from the Nagpur University. He began his signifier arsenic an advocator astatine the High Court of Madhya Pradesh astatine Jabalpur successful 1992 and was a lasting counsel for the Centre for astir 15 years opening from 2000 to 2015.
He had represented the Income Tax department, Reserve Bank of India and respective different institutions. He was elevated arsenic an further justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh connected April 7, 2016 and made a imperishable justice of the High Court connected March 17, 2018. He was transferred to the Kerala High Court and assumed bureau connected April 23, 2025. He is present the 5th justice successful seniority astatine Kerala.
The outgoing Chief Justice Shrivastava hails from Bilaspur successful Chattisgarh. Born connected March 6, 1964, helium was a golden medalist portion obtaining his instrumentality grade from K.R. Law College successful Bilaspur. He enrolled with the Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh connected October 5, 1987, earlier the State was bifurcated to make the State of Chattisgarh successful 2000, and began practising some astatine the Madhya Pradesh High Court and the Raipur territory court.
He excessively was a lasting counsel for institutions for the income taxation section and was designated arsenic a elder advocator connected January 31, 2005. He was elevated arsenic a justice of Chattisgarh High Court connected December 10, 2009 and traferred to the Rajasthan High Court successful October 2021. From there, helium was transferred to the Madras High Court and assumed bureau arsenic its 54th Chief Justice connected July 21, 2025.
After the President accepts the Supreme Court collegium’s proposal and issues a warrant of appointment, Justice Dharmadhikari would beryllium swon successful arsenic the 55th Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.
