Bhubaneswar: Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray has been appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.
The President has appointed Justice Routray, a sitting judge of the Orissa High Court, to perform the duties of the Chief Justice of the HC with effect from November 16, 2026. Incumbent Chief Justice Harish Tandon is set to retire on November 15.
The Union Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification regarding his appointment on Friday. Justice Routray will assume charge on November 16, following Chief Justice Tandon’s retirement on November 15.
Born in Cuttack, Justice Routray completed his schooling at Ravenshaw Collegiate School and graduated from Utkal University. He obtained his LLB degree in 1994 and practised as a lawyer at the Orissa High Court and other courts and tribunals.
After practising law for around a decade, he was selected to the Higher Judicial Service directly from the Bar in 2008. He joined as an Additional District and Sessions Judge in Sambalpur in December that year and subsequently served in various capacities in the district judiciary, including as the District and Sessions Judge of Ganjam.
He was elevated to the Orissa High Court as a judge on November 8, 2019.