On 5-12-2024, Justice Manmohan, formerly serving as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, was sworn in as new Judge of Supreme Court of India. Chief Justice of India, Justice Sanjiv Khanna administered the oath of office to the newly appointed Judge.
In view of his expansive experience, Justice Manmohan’s name for appointment as Supreme Court Judge was by the Collegium on 28-11-2024 and this recommendation was by the Ministry of Law and Justice on 3-12-2024.
Earlier in September 2024, Justice Manmohan was also . With Justice Manmohan’s elevation, the Supreme Court will now have 33 Judges, just one Judge short of the sanctioned strength of 34 Judges.
Know Thy Newly Appointed Supreme Court Judge
Justice Manmohan was born in Delhi on 17-12-1962, to late Jagmohan, a renowned bureaucrat-turned-politician who served as the Governor of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. He did his schooling from Modern School, Barakhamba Road and received his B.A. (Hons.) in History from Hindu College of University of Delhi.
Justice Manmohan attended Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi and received his LL.B. in 1987, and enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in the same year.
Post enrollment, Justice Manmohan practiced primarily in Supreme Court and Delhi High Court in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Taxation, Arbitration, Trademark and Service litigation. He also served as Senior Panel Advocate for the Government of India in High Court of Delhi and Supreme Court of India. After nearly 15 years of practice, Justice Manmohan was then designated as Senior Advocate by the High Court of Delhi on 18-1-2003.
In his private practice, Justice Manmohan handled various important cases including Dabhol Power Company, Hyderabad Nizam’s Jewellery Trust matter, Claridge’s Hotel dispute, as well as Gujarat Ambuja Cement’s sales tax and Fatehpur Sikri encroachment matter.
After a thriving legal practice of 2 decades, Justice Manmohan stepped onto the next stage of career when he was appointed Additional Judge of High Court of Delhi on 13-3-2008 and was later elevated as Permanent Judge on December 17-12-2009. After the elevation of the then Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, to the Supreme Court, Justice Manmohan, on account of being the senior-most Judge of the High Court, was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of w.e.f. 09-11-2023.
The Supreme Court Collegium on 11-7-2024, recommended the name of Justice Manmohan as the next Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi. With the recommendation pending before the Law Ministry, Justice Manmohan continued to discharge the duties of Acting Chief Justice. Then finally on 21-9-20244, the Ministry notified the appointment of Justice Manmohan as the Chief Justice of his parent High Court.
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