Agartala, Aug 09, 2023, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, Aug 09: Justice Subhasis Talapatra, who hails from Tripura, took oath as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court here on Tuesday.

Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office to the new chief justice at a ceremony on the Orissa High Court premises.

Justice Talapatra succeeded Justice S Muralidhar as the 33rd chief justice of the Orissa High Court. Justice S Muralidhar had demitted the office on Monday.

The name of Justice Talapatra, as the Chief Justice, was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium last month which was later approved by the Central Government.

Justice Talapatra was born on October 4, 1961 at Udaipur, Tripura. He did his graduation in Arts and Law from University of Calcutta and was enrolled with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on September 12, 1990.

He practiced mainly at Agartala Bench of the Gauhati High Court and appeared in various constitutional, civil and criminal matters. Later, he was designated as a Senior Advocate on December 21, 2004.

He took oath as an Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on November 15, 2011 and was appointed as a Permanent Judge of the Tripura High Court on September 13, 2013. He served as the Acting Chief Justice of the Court twice, i.e. from 02.11.2018 to 13.11.2018 and again from 11.11.2019 to 15.11.2019.

He was transferred to the Orissa High Court on June 1, 2022 and took oath of office on June 10, 2022.

He will have a very brief tenure of less than two months as the Chief Justice before he retires on October 3, 2023. (With inputs from Live Law & other agencies)