The office of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur has fallen vacant recently consequent upon the elevation of Justice P V Sanjay Kumar to the Supreme Court of India.
TFM Desk
The Supreme Court Collegium on Thursday (February 9) recommended the appointment of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur as Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court. He is the brother of former Chief Justice of India TS Thakur and has been a judge of the Bombay High Court since June 2022.
Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur was born on April 25, 1964. He enrolled as an Advocate on October 18, 1989 with the Bar Council of Delhi, and subsequently with the Bar Council of Jammu and Kashmir. He was designated as Senior Advocate in 2011 and appointed as Permanent Judge of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on March 8, 2013. In 2022, Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur was transferred as a Judge, High Court of Judicature at Bombay on June 10.
Since the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur has fallen vacant recently consequent upon the elevation of Justice P V Sanjay Kumar to the Supreme Court of India.