Puri/Cuttack: A day before the swearing-in ceremony, Chief Justice-designate of Orissa High Court Justice Harish Tandon offered prayers at Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri town on Tuesday.
Justice Tandon will take oath as the 35th Chief Justice of Orissa HC on Wednesday. Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati will administer him the oath of office at a ceremony on the premises of court premises in Cuttack city at 10 am. Judges of the High Court, Bar Association members and other dignitaries will attend.
The office of the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court has been vacant since the retirement of Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh on January 19 this year. Justice Arindam Sinha has since been officiating as Acting Chief Justice.
On March 6, the Supreme Court collegium recommended appointment of Justice Tandon as Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. His appointment was cleared by the central government on March 21.
Justice Tandon graduated in law from Calcutta University in 1983. He enrolled as an advocate in 1989 and extensively practised in civil matters in Calcutta High Court before being elevated as judge in the same court on April 13, 2010.
