The appointment of Delhi High Court judge, Justice Siddharth Mridul, as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, remains in limbo six weeks after the Supreme Court Collegium proposed his name on July 5.
The Manipur High Court is presently functioning under Acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidharan. The office of the Chief Justice had fallen vacant in February 2023, following the elevation of Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar to the Supreme Court.
Within days of the Collegium recommending Justice Mridul, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud had in open court, while hearing petitions concerning the ethnic violence which has rocked the State, said that a regular Chief Justice would be appointed soon to the State High Court.
