Justice B.P. Dharmadhikari named Acting CJ of Bombay HC

Justice Bhushan Pradyumna Dharmadhikari has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court following the retirement of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, the earlier Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.

Justice Bhushan P Dharmadhikari who is the next senior most Judge of the Bombay High Court has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice with immediate effect.

According to the Bombay High Court website, Justice Bhushan Dharmadhikari obtained LL.B. and joined chambers of Advocate Y. S. Dharmadhikari at Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), for brief period and then came back to Nagpur and worked under Advocate H.S. Ghare till 1984. He started independently after Shri Ghare became City Civil Judge. He appeared for several Government Corporations, Industries, Employers, Unions and Private clients in all Courts viz. Labour Court, Industrial Court, Civil and Criminal Courts, High Court, Central and State Administrative Tribunals, Co-operative Court, Revenue Authorities.

He was elected unopposed as Secretary V.L.L.P.A. for 4 years and unopposed Library In-Charge High Court Bar Association for 3 years. He was elected as Treasurer H.C.B.A. for subsequent 3 years. He has been Guest Lecturer at Judicial Officers Training Institute, Nagpur since 1997. He was elevated as Additional Judge on 15 March 2004 and as Judge on 12 March 2006.