Madras high court chief justice RK Agrawal was elevated to the Supreme Court yesterday, reported the PTI.

His judicial career began in February 1999 at the Allahabad high court 14 years after which he was appointed acting chief justice of the Madras high court. He became chief justice of Madras HC in November last year. [Correction: Justice Agrawal’s name was misspelled in an earlier version of the story. We regret the error]