Justice Alok Aradhe appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court

Justice Alok Aradhe presently the senior-most Judge of the Karnataka High Court to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court wef 03.07.2022 consequent upon the retirement of Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court.

Born on 13th April, 1964 at Raipur , B.Sc and LLB, Enrolled as Advocate on July 12, 1988.
Designated as Senior Advocate in April 2007.
Revised the 5th and 6th Editions of Principles of Administrative Law by M.P. Jain and S.N. Jain with Late Hon’ble Justice G.P. Singh, Chief Justice of High Court of Madhya Pradesh.
Was Visiting Faculty in Judicial Officers Training and Research Institute to address Judicial officers on various issues.
Practiced on Civil & Constitutional, Arbitration and Company Matters in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on December 29, 2009 and Permanent Judge on February 15th, 2011.
Transferred to High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on September 16, 2016, vide notification No.K-11017/33/2016-US.II dated 09th September, 2016 and took oath of office on 20th September, 2016.
Nominated as Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy vide High Court order No. 378 dated 7th of June 2017.
Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of High court of Jammu & Kashmir vide Notification No K-11019/07/2018-US.I/II(Pt.) Dated 11.05.2018 and functioned as such upto 10.08.2018. Nominated as Executive Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Legal Services Authority
On transfer to Karnataka High Court, His Lordship took oath as Judge of Karnataka High Court on 17.11.2018.