Megh CJ to be sworn in

SHILLONG, SEPT 19: Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant will be sworn-in as the new chief justice of the Meghalaya high court on Friday at a ceremony to be held at Raj Bhawan.  Meghalaya governor Dr KK Paul will administer the oath of office to the newly appointed Meghalaya high court chief justice.

Sixty-one year old Justice Pant will succeed Justice T Meena Kumari whose term as the Meghalaya Chief Justice was over two months ago. Prior to his new assignment, Justice Pant was a judge in the Uttarakhand High Court.  Born in Pithoragarh district of then undivided Uttar Pradesh, he joined the UP Judicial Service in 1976 and held different posts.  After the creation of Uttarakhand, he was the first secretary, judicial, of the state.

Justice Pant became additional judge of the Uttarakhand high court in June 2004 and a permanent judge in February 2008. During the last two months Justice T Nandakumar Singh was functioning as the acting chief justice of the Meghalaya high court after the retirement of Justice T Meena Kumari.-By Our Reporter