Today, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the appointment of Justice P. S. Dinesh Kumar as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court upon the proposed elevation of Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale to the Supreme Court.

Justice Kumar, who has served as a judge on the Karnataka High Court since 2015, is scheduled to retire on February 24.

Justice Pratinidhi Srinivasacharya Dinesh Kumar was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Karnataka on January 2, 2015. He has acquired sufficient experience on the judicial and administrative sides as a puisne judge of the High Court. He is due to demit office on superannuation on February 24, 2024, and will have a tenure as a Chief Justice of little over a month.

He is endowed with a high level of integrity, honesty, and competence. He has served the High Court of Karnataka with distinction since his appointment. In view of the fact that Justice P. S. Dinesh Kumar, as noted above, has a short tenure in terms of the Memorandum of Procedure, the Collegium resolves to recommend his appointment as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka, consequent upon the elevation of Mr. Justice Prasanna B. Varale, Chief Justice of that High Court, as a Judge of the Supreme Court.

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