Justice Manjula Chellur, 60, was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. Maharashtra Governor CV Rao administered the oath of office to her.
Prior to her new assignment, Justice Chellur was serving as the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court. She earlier served as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court.
Justice Chellur has become only the second woman Chief Justice in the 154-year-old history of Bombay High Court.
The Bombay High Court has three benches in Aurangabad, Nagpur and Goa, besides jurisdiction over the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
The first woman Chief Justice of Bombay High Court was Justice Sujata Manohar who assumed the post in 1994. She was later elevated to the Supreme Court.
