Ranchi: Arun Kumar Rai, a senior judicial officer of the Judicial Service Cadre and the Chief Justice of the Ranchi Civil Court, is scheduled to be appointed as a judge of the Jharkhand High Court. With this appointment, the number of judges who have moved from Civil Court Ranchi to the High Court to date is four. The promotion of AK Rai to the position of High Court judge has received approval from the Supreme Court collegium, which is in charge of proposing judges’ nominations across the nation.
On January 18, the collegium formally endorsed AK Rai’s nomination for Jharkhand and recommended him for the role. AK Rai will take the oath of office as a High Court judge as soon as the President gives his consent. AK Rai, a native of Purnia district in Bihar, has served in a number of judicial capacities, including member secretary of Jhalsa, district and sessions judge of Hazaribagh, and family court judge of Bokaro. On November 5, 2021, he was most recently appointed Chief Justice of Ranchi Civil Court.