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Justice Sikri is Punjab and Haryana HC CJ
Legal Correspondent

New Delhi, September 21
Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri has been appointed as the Chief Justice (CJ) of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. At present, Justice Sikri is the Acting CJ of the Delhi HC. The President has also appointed CJs for the Delhi and Kerala HCs. Justice Darmar Murugesan, at present at Madras HC, has been made the CJ of Delhi HC. Justice Manjula Chellur is the new CJ of Kerala HC. She is now a judge of the Kerala HC.

All the appointments would be effective from the date they assume charge, an official press note said. Born on March 7, 1954, Justice Sikri had an excellent academic record. He stood third on the merit list in Higher Secondary from CBSE, Delhi, and did his B.Com (Hons.) from Shriram College, Delhi University in 1974 and LL.B from the Law Faculty in University of Delhi in 1977. He was awarded gold medal for attaining the first position in LL.B in Delhi University and given a special prize for getting highest marks in Constitutional Law I & II. He had the distinction of securing the first position in all six semesters of LL.B and getting all several prizes and medals of Delhi University for LL.B course.

He did LL.M from Delhi University (DU) and got first position. He won medals and prizes in various extra curricular activities. He was president of Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in 1976-77 and was Member of Academic Council of DU in 1976-77 and various committees of DU.