Shillong, Dec 19: Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice Revati P. Mohite Dere of the Bombay High Court as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court. The decision was taken during the Collegium meeting held on December 18, 2025. Once appointed, she will become the second woman Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.

Justice Dere is currently the second senior-most judge of the Bombay High Court. Born in Pune, she graduated with First Class Distinction in her LL.B. from Symbiosis Law College, securing the second rank in the University of Pune merit list. She later obtained her LL.M. from the University of Cambridge, UK, as a recipient of the prestigious Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship.

Justice Dere began her legal career in the chambers of her father, Senior Advocate Vijayrao A. Mohite, in Pune, and later worked with Barrister Raja S. Bhosale in Mumbai. She practiced extensively in the Bombay High Court and Sessions Court, handling criminal, civil, and constitutional matters.

Before her elevation to the bench, she served in several key government positions, including Additional Public Prosecutor and Senior Counsel for the Union of India, and Government Pleader & Public Prosecutor for the State of Maharashtra.

She was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in 2013 and became a Permanent Judge in 2015.

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