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S.J. Mukhopadhaya sworn in judge

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He has delivered landmark judgments on panchayati raj, reservation



TAKING CHARGE: The new judge S. J. Mukhopadhaya (left), with Chief Justice A.P. Shah at the Madras High Court in Chennai on Thursday. — Photo: K. V. Srinivasan

CHENNAI: Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya, transferred from the High Court of Jharkhand, assumed charge in the Madras High Court on Thursday.

He was sworn in judge of the Madras High Court by Chief Justice A.P. Shah.

Advocate-General R. Viduthalai, welcoming the new Judge, said Mr. Justice Mukhopadhaya had delivered several landmark judgments on panchayati raj, domicile issue and reservation policy.

Born in March 1951, he was enrolled as an advocate in May 1979 and designated as a senior advocate in February 1993. He became a permanent judge of the Patna High Court in November 1994 and a judge of the High Court of Jharkhand in November 2000.

He was Acting Chief Justice in Jharkhand before being transferred as the number two judge of the Madras High Court, Mr. Viduthalai said.

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