Appointment of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar as the Acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court has been notified by the Central government with effect from December 29, 2023.
Duties of the Chief Justice will be performed by Justice Chandra Shekhar after the retirement of Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra on December 28.
Justice Chandrashekhar was born on May 25, 1965 and he completed his LL.B. from the Campus Law Centre (CLC), University of Delhi, in 1993 and enrolled as an advocate in the same year.
In his nearly 19 years of practice as an advocate in various courts, he handled around 3500 cases, primarily in the Supreme Court, and appeared as counsel in approximately 140 reported judgments of the apex court.
He held the position of Standing Counsel for the All India Council for Technical Education and the State of Jharkhand in the Supreme Court. Additionally, he represented entities such as the Bihar State Housing Board (BSHB), Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) , Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and various other corporations.
On January 17, 2013, he was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, before assuming the position of a permanent judge on June 27, 2014.