Senior-most Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court Hon’ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra has assumed the charge of the office of Chief Justice (Acting) of the Chhattisgarh High Court on Tuesday. It may be mentioned that in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President appointed senior-most judge of Chhattisgarh High Court Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court with effect from June 1 consequent upon the retirement of Justice P R Ramachandra Menon from the post of Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court. In this regard, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India Additional Secretary Rajinder Kashyap has issued an order on May 24.

 

Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court Justice P R Ramachandra Menon has relinquished charge of the office of Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh on May 31 in the afternoon on the eve of His Lordship attaining the age of 62 years. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra is born on August 29, 1964 at Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. He did BSc and LLB Degrees from Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur. Justice Mishra was enrolled as an Advocate on September 4, 1987. He practiced law in District Court at Raigarh, High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur and High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur and dealt with civil, criminal and writ branches of law. He was designated as Senior Advocate by High Court of Chhattisgarh in January, 2005. He had been chairman of Chhattisgarh State Bar Council for a period of 2\BD years.

 

He was appointed/co-opted Member of the Rule Making Committee of High Court of Chhattisgarh. He had been Chancellor’s Nominee in the Executive Council of Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur. He was associated with Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur as its Ex-Officio Member in the Executive Council. He served as Additional Advocate General for the state of Chhattisgarh from June 26, 2004 to August 31, 2007 and thereafter as Advocate General for the State from September 1, 2007 till elevation. He was elevated as a Judge of High Court of Chhattisgarh on December 10, 2009.