Central Govt Appoints Justice Alexander Thomas as the Acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court

Central Govt Appoints Justice Alexander Thomas as the Acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court

Justice Alexander Thomas, the senior-most judge of the Kerala High Court has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice by the Central Government following the elevation of S.V.N. Bhatti as Supreme Court judge.

The notification read, “in exercise of the power conferred by Article 23 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Alexander Thomas, senior most Judge of the Kerala High Court, to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from the date Shri Justice S Venkatanarayana Bhatti relinquishes the charge as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court consequent upon his appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.”

Justice Alexander Thomas studied in University College Thiruvananthapuram. He went to Cochin University of Science and Technology for his master's degree in Physics and then to the University of Delhi for his degree in law. He started his practice in 1988.

He received the Commonwealth Scholarship for the Commonwealth Young Lawyers' Course in 1992 by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of United Kingdom.

He served as a government pleader (1996-1998) and senior government pleader (1998-2001) in High Court of Kerala and was the standing counsel for the Medical Council of India and the Dental Council of India.

He was appointed additional judge of the Kerala High Court on 23 January, 2014 and was made a permanent judge on 10 March, 2016.