Justice SV Bhatti to be sworn in as Kerala HC Chief Justice on 1 June

Justice Bhatti would be administered the oath of office by Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, at the Raj Bhavan auditorium here on 1 June.

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Published May 31, 2023 | 1:38 PMUpdatedMay 31, 2023 | 3:52 PM

Justice Bhatti to be sworn in as Kerala HC Chief Justice.

Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti, currently serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, will on Thursday, 1 June, be sworn in as its Chief Justice, the Raj Bhavan said.

He would be administered the oath of office by Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan. At the Raj Bhavan auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram on 1 June, it said in a statement.

Justice Bhatti was elevated as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on 26 May.

According to information on the Kerala High Court website, he was appointed as its Acting Chief Justice with effect from 24 April.

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Born in 1962, Justice Bhatti was enrolled in the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in 1987. He started practice in the High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad.

In 2013, he was sworn in as an Additional Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Subsequently, he was appointed as judge of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad. For the state of Telangana and the state of Andhra Pradesh and assumed the charge in June 2014.

Upon bifurcation and establishment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Amaravati in 2019, Justice Bhatti was sworn in as its judge. He was later transferred and appointed as a judge of the Kerala High Court in 2019.

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