HC bid farewell to Chief Justice L. Narayan Swamy
A Full Court reference was held today in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh to bid farewell to Hon’ble the Chief Justice L.Narayana Swamy, who demitted the office today, on superannuation.
Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy was born on 1st July 1959 at Bhadravathi in Shivamogga District, Karnataka. He had his schooling at Paper Town, Bhadravathi.
He did Pre-University at B B S College, Shivamogga and B.A., LL.M from Mysore University. He enrolled as an Advocate during the year 1987 with the Karnataka State Bar Council, Bengaluru and practiced in the High Court on Writ Petitions, Service Matters, Land Reforms, Land Revenue and PIL. He worked as High Court Government Pleader from 1995 to 1999.
He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 04-07-2007 and permanent Judge on 17-04-2009. He was the Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court from 18-01-2019 to 10-05-2019 and was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh on 06-10-2019.
The Registrar General Sh. Virender Singh conducted the proceedings.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Justice Sh. L. Narayana Swamy thanked all for their cooperation and support and said that the cooperation extended by the bar and the Registry of the High Court was beyond his expectations and with their help he was able to make a little contribution to the development of law and justice.
On this occasion, Mr. Justice Ravi Malimath, the Acting Chief Justice-designate said that Chief Justice L. Narayana Swamy made very significant contributions through his judgments and under his able guidance lot of work was undertaken in the State, to ensure that people are protected during the pandemic.
He said that during the tenure of Chief Justice, three Fast Track Special Courts were created at Shimla, Kinnaur at Rampur Bushahar and Sirmaur at Nahan and the Court of Civil Judge, Thunag was also inaugurated.
He also said that various constructions for the Court buildings were carried on even in the remote areas in the State, during the tenure of Chief Justice.
He said that Justice Narayana Swamy has a deep sense of commitment towards the downtrodden and weaker sections of the society and he did his very best for their upliftment.
Mr. Ashok Sharma, Advocate General, Mr. Ajay Kochhar, Chairman, Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh, Mr Nareshwar Singh Chandel, President, H.P. High Court Bar Association Mr Balram Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General of India also spoke on the occasion and extended their best wishes to outgoing Chief Justice L.Narayana Swamy.
