Justice Sheel Nagu appointed as acting Chief Justice of MP High Court

The Union government on Wednesday (22.05.2024) notified the appointment of Justice Sheel Nagu as acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He will take over the charge of acting CJ after the retirement of incumbent Chief Justice Ravi Malimath on May 24.

Justice Malimath assumed charge as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on July 1, 2021.

Justice Sheel Nagu, the senior-most judge in the MP High Court, enrolled as a member of the Bar on October 5, 1987, and began practicing civil and constitutional law in Jabalpur under the High Court. He was appointed as a Judge of the MP High Court on May 27, 2011, and became a Permanent Judge of the High Court on May 23, 2013.