Justice Sonak will assume office upon the retirement of the incumbent Chief Justice, Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, who is due to demit office on January 8, 2026.
The order came to be passed by Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, on a number of petitions involving common questions of law and facts, filed for an extension of time of the mandate of the arbitrators.
The Division Bench comprising Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Virender Singh passed this order on a petition taken up suo moto by the Court as Public Interest Litigation, on the basis of a news item published in a newspaper on 16.05.2023.
The Union Law and Justice Ministry on Tuesday notified the elevation of the Senior most judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan as the Acting Chief Justice of that High Court.