President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Justice D.H. Waghela, Judge of the Gujarat High Court, as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.
He will take charge on March 7.
He succeeds Justice Vikramajit Sen, elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court.
Justice Waghela (58) practised in Rajkot and the Gujarat High Court in civil, criminal, constitutional, labour, public interest litigations, service and pollution matters.
He will have a tenure of nearly three-and-half years till August 2016.
via The Hindu Newspaper http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/waghela-appointed-cj-of-karnataka-high-court/article4479711.ece
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