The advice was made at a Collegium assembly held on August 6 and comes consequent upon the retirement of the incumbent Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha on September 4.
If the Centre confirms the Collegium’s advice, Justice Mohapatra will take cost as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh Excessive Court docket following the incumbent’s retirement.
Justice Mohapatra labored as Extra Standing Counsel for the State in addition to the Orissa Public Service Fee, and served as advocate for entities together with Central Cooperative Banks Restricted (Keonjhar), the Nationwide Institute of Open Education beneath the Ministry of HRD, Neelachal Ispat Nigam Restricted, and Financial institution of Baroda.
He was elevated as a decide of the Orissa Excessive Court docket on April 17, 2015 the place he has been serving until date.
