Guwahati, May 27 -- The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday recommended the elevation of Justice Ashutosh Kumar, Acting Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, as the next Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.

This recommendation follows the Collegium's proposal to elevate the current Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, Justice Vijay Bishnoi, to the Supreme Court, thereby creating a vacancy.

Justice Kumar completed his early education at St. Michael's High School in Patna and graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University. He later obtained his LL.B. from the Campus Law Centre at Delhi University and enrolled as an advocate with the Patna High Court on July 9, 1991.

The judiciary appointed him as an additional judge of the...