Hyderabad, Nov 2 : Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur will take charge as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court by November 15. He is currently the Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court. President Pratibha Patil’s transfer orders to this effect reached Hyderabad on Wednesday evening.
Justice Lokur’s meteoric rise to the top
Born on December 31, 1953, Justice Lokur studied at Modern School, New Delhi and St. Joseph's Collegiate in Allahabad. He completed his graduation in History (Hons.) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University in 1974. After obtaining his LL.B. degree from Delhi University in 1977, he enrolled as an Advocate-on-Record in the SC in 1981 and appointed as Central Government Sta-nding Counsel in Dec. 1990. He continued in the post till December 1996. In February 1997, he was designated as Senior Advocate and was appoi-nted as Addtl. Solicitor-General on July 14, 1998.
Justice Lokur was appointed as Additional Judge of Delhi High Court on February 19, 1999, and became a permanent judge on July 5, 1999. He was elevated as the CJ of Guwahati High Court on June 24, 2010.
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