{"id":13639,"date":"2011-10-10T22:09:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T16:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=13639"},"modified":"2011-10-10T22:09:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T16:39:30","slug":"sikri-is-acting-chief-justice-of-delhi-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sikri-is-acting-chief-justice-of-delhi-high-court","title":{"rendered":"Sikri is acting chief justice of Delhi High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Justice-A.K.-Sikri.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13640\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sikri-is-acting-chief-justice-of-delhi-high-court\/justice-a-k-sikri\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/Justice-A.K.-Sikri.jpg?fit=198%2C255&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"198,255\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Justice A.K. 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Sikri\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Justice-A.K.-Sikri-194x250.jpg?resize=194%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/Justice-A.K.-Sikri.jpg?resize=194%2C250&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/Justice-A.K.-Sikri.jpg?resize=116%2C150&amp;ssl=1 116w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/Justice-A.K.-Sikri.jpg?w=198&amp;ssl=1 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court&#8217;s senior most judge, Justice A.K. Sikri Monday took charge as the acting chief justice following the elevation of Chief Justice Dipak Misra to the Supreme Court Sep 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Justice Sikri, along with Justice Siddharth Mridul, would hear public interest litigation till the appointment of a new chief justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Born March 7, 1954, Justice Sikri was appointed a Delhi High Court judge July 7, 1999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Delhi High Court&#8217;s senior most judge, Justice A.K. 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