New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court following the elevation of incumbent Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya as a judge of the Supreme Court.

The appointment has been made by the President of India under Article 223 of the Constitution. According to the notification, Justice Sambre, currently a judge of the Delhi High Court, will perform the duties of the Chief Justice from the date Justice Upadhyaya relinquishes charge of the office following his elevation to the Supreme Court.

Justice Upadhyaya is scheduled to take oath as a judge of the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Justice Sambre, who assumed charge as a judge of the Delhi High Court on July 21, 202...