“Justice Manmohan stands at Sl. No. 2 in the combined all-India seniority of High Court Judges and he is the senior-most Judge in the High Court of Delhi. While recommending his name, the Collegium has taken into consideration the fact that, at present, the Bench of Supreme Court is represented by only one Judge from the High Court of Delhi,” an official release of the Supreme Court said.The Supreme Court Collegium has, therefore, unanimously recommended that Justice Manmohan be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.Justice Manmohan was born in Delhi on December 17, 1962. He did his schooling from Modern School, Barakhamba Road. He received his B.A. (Hons.) in History from the Hindu College of the University of Delhi. Attended Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, received his LL.B. in 1987, and enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in the same year, as per Court’s website.Practiced primarily in Supreme Court and High Court of Delhi in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Taxation, Arbitration, Trademark and Service litigation. Justice Manmohan served as a Senior Panel Advocate for the Government of India in the High Court of Delhi and Supreme Court of India.Justice Manmohan was appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Delhi on March 13, 2008, and as Permanent Judge on December 17, 2009. He was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on November 9, 2023. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on September 29, 2024.
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