Nainital. President of India Draupadi Murmu, exercising the powers vested in the Constitution, has appointed Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta, senior decide of Allahabad High Court, as the new Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court.
This data was given in the official notification issued by the Government of India on Thursday. In the letter issued by Additional Secretary Jagannath Srinivasan, it has been clarified that Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta will take cost after the retirement of the present Chief Justice Justice Guhanathan Narendra on January 9, 2026. The letter stated that Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta will formally take cost as the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court after taking the oath of workplace and secrecy.
Information about this appointment was despatched via a separate letter issued by Ananth Kumar, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, to the Secretary to the Governor of Uttarakhand, Secretary to the Chief Minister, Secretary to the Chief Justice, Chief Secretary, Registrar General, Accountant General, President’s Secretariat, PS to the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Registrar of the Supreme Court, Secretary to the Ministry of Law and Justice and NIC. (Department of Justice) Technical Director. According to sources, the swearing-in course of of Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta is prone to be accomplished inside two days. At the similar time, on Friday, the present Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court, Justice J. Narendra’s farewell ceremony shall be organized.