MUMBAI: Justice Sunil Balkrishna Shukre, former Judge of the Bombay High Court was sworn in as the new Chairman of the Maharashtra Lokayukta Institution on Tuesday (25th August).
Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma administered the oath of office to Justice Sunil Shukre at a brief oath taking ceremony held at Lok Bhavan, Mumbai. The oath was given as per Section VI of the newly passed Maharashtra Lokayukta Act, 2023. The appointment of Justice Shukre has been made for a period of 5 years or till he attains the age of 70, whichever is earlier.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Adv. Rahul Narwekar, MLA Bhaskar Jadhav, outgoing Lokayukta Justice (retd) Vidyasagar Kanade, Chief Secretary Rajesh Aggaral, Members of the Lokayukta Institution, Justice Sandeep Shinde, Lokayukta of Goa, State Chief Information Commissioner Rahul Pande and senior government officers were present.
Earlier, the Secretary to the Governor Dr. Prashant Narnaware read out the notification regarding the appointment of Justice Shukre. The ceremony began with Vande Mataram, the National Anthem, and the State Song, and concluded with Vande Mataram and the National Anthem.
Justice Sunil Shukre graduated from Pune University in 1980, and did his LL.B. in 1983 from Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Law College, Amravati affiliated to the then Nagpur University. He stood second in Order of Merit at the LL.B. examination, and is recipient of Late Kale Memorial Prize for having secured highest marks in Hindu law at LL.B examination. He started his legal practice at Amravati. He did LL.M. in Constitutional Law from the then Nagpur University. As told to our Newsman Sachin Murdeshwar, He has keen interest in sports and has represented MJ College, Jalgaon in Inter-collegiate tournaments in Lawn Tennis and Badminton. He joined Judiciary as a Direct District Judge from Bar in the year 2000 and since then has worked as Principal District Judge, Kolhapur, Registrar (Administration), Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court, Joint Director-Maharashtra Judicial Academy, Uttan, Thane, Principal District Judge, Nagpur and took charge as Registrar General, High Court Bombay on 17th March, 2011. Elevated as Judge of the Bombay High Court on 13th May, 2013.