Alok Aradhe
Hon'ble Chief Justice Alok Aradhe | |
|---|---|
| 48th Chief Justice of Bombay High Court | |
| Assumed office 21 January 2025 | |
| Nominated by | Sanjiv Khanna |
| Appointed by | Droupadi Murmu |
| Preceded by | Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya |
| 6th Chief Justice of Telangana High Court | |
| In office 23 July 2023 – 20 January 2025 | |
| Nominated by | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud |
| Appointed by | Droupadi Murmu |
| Preceded by | Ujjal Bhuyan |
| Succeeded by | Sujoy Paul (Acting) |
| Judge of Karnataka High Court | |
| In office 17 November 2018 – 22 July 2023 Acting CJ: 3 July 2022 – 14 October 2022 | |
| Nominated by | Ranjan Gogoi |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court | |
| In office 20 September 2016 – 16 November 2018 Acting CJ: 11 May 2018 – 10August 2018 | |
| Nominated by | T. S. Thakur |
| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court | |
| In office 29 December 2009 – 19 September 2016 | |
| Nominated by | K. G. Balakrishnan |
| Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 April 1964 Raipur, Madhya Pradesh |
Alok Aradhe (born on 13 April 1964) is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. He is former Chief Justice of Telangana High Court. He has also served as a Judge of Karnataka High Court, Jammu and Kashmir High Court and Madhya Pradesh High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court and Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
Career
[edit]Aradhe was born in 1964 at Raipur, the then Madhya Pradesh. He passed B.Sc. and LL.B. and started practice in Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur from 1988. He worked on Civil, Constitutional, Arbitration and Company Matters. Aradhe was designated as Senior Advocate in April 2007. He revised the 5th and 6th editions of the book, Principles of Administrative Law by M. P. Jain and S. N. Jain with Late Hon'ble Chief Justice G. P. Singh. Aradhe was a visiting Faculty in Judicial Officers Training and Research Institute of Madhya Pradesh. On 29 December 2009 he was appointed Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and was transferred to Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 16 September 2016. Justice Aradhe served as Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy and became the Executive Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Legal Services Authority.[1] He took charge as Acting Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High court on 11 May 2018.[2] He was again transferred to Karnataka High Court and took oath as Judge on 17 November 2018.[3][4] He was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court on 3 July 2022 consequent upon the retirement of Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court.
On 23 July 2023, Alok Aradhe was appointed as chief justice of Telangana High Court.[5][6] He was transferred as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 21 January 2025.
References
[edit]- ^ "Hon'ble Former Judges of High Court J & K". jkhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Hon'ble Justice Alok Aradhe". Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Aradhe". Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Mandhani, Apoorva (11 November 2018). "Centre Notifies Transfer Of Justices Alok Aradhe, Rajesh Bindal And Vineet Kothari". LiveLaw.in. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Chief Justice Alok Aradhe tells Telangana to have State Litigation Policy". The Hindu. 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Telangana HC CJ Alok Aradhe lauded for his services". The Hindu. 20 January 2025. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.