Jammu & Kashmir High Court Chief Justice F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla sworn in as Supreme Court Judge

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Chief Justice F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla was sworn in as Supreme Court judge on 2 April 2012. Chief Justice S. H. Kapadia administered the oath of office to him in the presence of the Full Court and members of the Bar. He will remain a Supreme Court judge for a little over four years.  With the appointment of Kalifulla the number of judges has now gone up to 26 against the sanctioned strength of 31.

Justice Kalifulla hails from Tamil Nadu and will be the second judge to represent the Madras High Court in the Supreme Court after Justice P. Sathasivam.

Born on 23 July 1951, Justice Kalifulla, who hails from Karaikudi, Sivagangai District in Tamil Nadu, was enrolled as an advocate on 20 August 1975 and was an active labour law practitioner and also appeared for various public and private sector undertakings, nationalised and scheduled banks.

He had joined the judiciary on 2 March 2000 when he was made a permanent judge of the Madras high court. He was later the standing counsel for the Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board.

Justice Kalifulla was transferred as Judge of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court in February 2011. He became its acting Chief Justice in April 2011 and regular Chief Justice in September 2011. Justice Kalifulla takes oath as SC judge.