Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice K Somashekar As Chief Justice Of Manipur High Court

The Central Government on Tuesday (May 20) notified the appointment of Karnataka High Court judge Justice Kempaiah Somashekar as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to 'X' with respect to the appointment. The post states:

"In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Kempaiah Somashekar, Judge of the Karnataka High Court as Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court".

The Supreme Court Collegium had in its meeting held on May 15 recommended the appointment of Justice Somashekar–presently a judge of the Karnataka High Court–as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court consequent upon the retirement of Justice D. Krishnakumar on May 21, the current Chief Justice of Manipur High Court. 

Justice Somashekhar enrolled  as an advocate on 27.01.1990 and practiced in Mysore and Chamarajanagar Districts on both Civil and Criminal sides. The judge was directly appointed as District and Sessions Judge on 17.06.1998 and served as Additional Districts and Sessions Judge at Bijapur(Vijayapura); and City Civil Court, Bangalore and Principal District and Sessions Judge at Uttara Kannada, Karwar District; Hassan; Bangalore Rural District, Chitradurga and Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore. He also served as Registrar Judicial and Registrar Vigilance, High Court of Karnataka.

On November 14, 2016 he was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court and became and Permanent Judge on November 3, 2018.