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Justice Hima Kohli sworn in as the first Female Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
On 6 January 2021, Justice Hima Kohli was sworn in as the first female Chief Justice of the High Court of Telangana. She is also the only female Chief Justice in the entire country at the present time out of the 25 other High Courts. She was formerly a judge in the Delhi High Court, and became an additional judge of Delhi High Court in May 2006, and then became a permanent judge in August, 2007. She is also the chairperson of the committee of The Delhi Judicial Academy. She studied law from the University of Delhi and got registered as an advocate in 1984 with the Bar Council of Delhi.
The Supreme Court collegium made a recommendation of her elevation from a judge of Delhi High Court to the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court. The Union Ministry of Law and Ministry on 31st December, 2020 issued a notification of the appointment of Justice Kohli. The oath was administered by Telangana governor Dr. Tamilisai Sounderarajan in the Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad. The ceremony was attended by CM of Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Deputy CM Mahmood Ali, Advocate General of Telangana, B.S Prasad and some other judges of the High Court. Justice Kohli shall be replacing Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan who is now transferred to Uttarakhand High Court after a recommendation from the Supreme Court collegium. Even though Telangana got separated from Andhra Pradesh in 2014, the High Court was combined until January 1, 2019. The first Chief Justice of Telangana was Justice T B N Radhakrishnan who served for only a few months and was then replaced by Justice R S Chauhan.
