Justice S.V. Bhatti, the Acting Chief Justice of Kerala, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
The President appointed Justice Bhatti as the Chief Justice on Friday evening. Justice Bhatti succeeds Justice S. Manikumar who retired last month as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
A native of Madanapalli in Chittoor of Andhra Pradesh, Justice Bhatti began practising as a lawyer in Hyderabad in 1987.