Justice Ritu Bahri becomes first woman chief justice of Uttarakhand high court

Senior government functionaries, including chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, attended the swearing-in ceremony.

The Centre on February 2 notified the appointment of justice Ritu Bahri as the new chief justice of Uttarakhand high court. Justice Bahri replaces former chief justice Vipin Sanghi, who retired on October 26 last year. After his retirement, senior high court judge Manoj Kumar Tiwari was made the acting chief justice.

According to the notification issued by the Union ministry of law and justice, department of justice on February 2, “In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Kumari Justice Ritu Bahri, Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, to be Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, with effect from the date she assumes charge of her office.”