Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on Sunday, May 28, 2023. Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi administered the oath of office during a ceremony in Raj Bhavan after presenting him the warrant of appointment.
With his appointment, notified by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice on May 26, 2023, the Madras High Court gets a permanent Chief Justice after more than eight months. So far, the senior most judges of the High Court had been serving as Acting Chief Justice since the retirement of the last Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Munishwar Nath Bhandari on September 12, 2022.
While Justice M. Duraiswamy served as ACJ for a brief period until his retirement on September 21, his successor Justice T. Raja served from September 22 till his retirement on May 24, 2023. Justice S. Vaidyanathan was serving as the ACJ since May 25.
