Justice Routray to succeed Justice Tandon as Orissa HC Chief Justice

Bhubaneswar, Nov 14 (UNI) Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray will assume charge as the Acting Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court on November 16 following the retirement of incumbent Chief Justice Harish Tandon on November 15. The President has appointed Justice Routray under Article 223 of the Constitution to discharge the duties of the Chief Justice. The union Law Ministry issued a notification to this effect on November 13. Justice Routray, 56, is currently the senior-most judge of the Orissa High Court. With Justice Tandon's retirement, the High Court will have only 13 sitting judges against its sanctioned strength of…