Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Judge of Kerala the High Court, has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
Justice Roy graduated in law from the Campus Law Centre, the University of Delhi in 1982, and was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court in December 2004.
For several years, he served as the Senior Government Advocate for the State of Arunachal Pradesh and was the Standing Counsel for the Assam State Electricity Board, and the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council. He was then sworn in as an Additional Judge in October, 2006, and was made permanent in July, 2008.
He was transferred from the Gauhati High Court to Kerala High Court on May 28 this year. Thereafter, on May 30, he was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court, with Justice Antony Dominic’s retirement. He is now set to take charge as Acting Chief Justice.
