Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi is new Chief Justice of Karnataka HC
Team Udayavani, Oct 10, 2021, 4:09 PM IST
Bengaluru: Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi will be the new Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.
Justice Awasthi, born on July 3, 1960, completed his graduation in law from Lucknow University in 1986. He began his career as an advocate in 1987.
He practised in civil, service and education matters at the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court.
He worked as the Assistant Solicitor General of India at Lucknow before his elevation as an additional judge in 2009. He became a permanent judge in 2010.
Acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has been elevated as chief justice of the Telangana High Court.
Similarly, Justice Arvind Kumar of the Karnataka High Court had been elevated as chief justice of the Gujarat High Court.
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