RAJ’s ‘SON OF THE SOIL’ JUSTICE MN BHANDARI TO HEAD SAFMA!

Jaipur: Born on September 13, 1960, Rajasthan’s very own ‘Son of the Soil’ and a judicial ‘powerhouse’, Chief Justice of Madras High Court Justice MN Bhandari, will be donning a new hat in the next few days. Justice MN Bhandari has been accorded a major responsibility as he has been appointed as Chairman of SAFMA. Justice Bhandari is set to retire as CJ of Madras High Court on September 12, 2022 and post retirement, Justice Bhandari will join the new post where as Chairman of SAFMA, his tenure will be of 4 years. SAFMA includes NDPS, smuggling and Money Laundering Appellate Court.

Notably, Justice MN Bhandari, who completed his B.Com and LLB & started practising as an advocate. In Supreme Court, he handled cases ranging on issues from Constitutional, Civil, Service and Labour to criminal mediation. Apart from practising as a lawyer in High Court at Jodhpur and its bench in Jaipur, he also practised in Central Administrative Tribunal. Justice Bhandari is former judge of Rajasthan High Court and was appointed as the High Court Judge on July 5, 2007, where he was a Judge of Rajasthan High Court for 12 years and was transferred to Allahabad High Court in March 2019. He was thereafter, appointed as acting CJ of Allahabad High Court on June 26, 2021 and was later appointed as acting CJ of Madras High Court on November 22, 2021. Few months later, on February 14, 2022, Justice Bhandari was appointed as Chief Justice of Madras High Court. Although Rajasthan has had a long history in the judicial field, yet Justice Bhandari’s appointment will turn a new page in the judicial history. It is believed that much like his fair decisions over the years, he will carry out the new responsibility with the same approach and tenacity