The Ministry of Law and Justice has notified the appointment Sh Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court as Judge of Supreme Court of India.
The Union Law Minister Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal informed about this development on his X(Twitter) handle:
In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon’ble President, after consultation with Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Sh Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court as Judge of Supreme Court of India.
Justice Varale, who was elevated to the Bombay High Court bench in 2008, had an extensive 23-year practice in various legal fields including civil, criminal, labour, and administrative law at the District and Sessions Court, and in constitutional law at the High Court Bench in Aurangabad.
In October 2022, he took on the role of Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.
The current recommendation for a position in the Supreme Court is to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice SK Kaul last month.
