Leading Legal Luminary Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant
Bhandare has taken over as the Governor of Orissa. He succeeds Shri
Rameshwar Thakur who has been appointed as Governor of
Karnataka.
Shri Bhandare took oath in a simple ceremony at Raj
Bhavan in Bhubaneswar on August 21, 2007 at 5.00 P.M.
He was born on December 10, 1928 at
Mumbai.
As a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India, Shri
Bhandare is respected as a champion of the causes of common
man.
Shri Bhandare was the President of the Supreme Court Bar
Association for two terms.
He was a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha having been
elected in June 1980 and re-elected in April 1982 and April
1988.
He was Chairman of various committees of the Parliament
and visited USA, UK, USSR, Germany and several other foreign
countries.
Shri Bhandare edited the book titled ‘The world of
Gender Justice’ and has been active in supporting the cause of women and
children.
His articles on Law, Human Rights, Population Control,
Gender Parity and Justice have been published in leading magazines and
journals.
He shows keen interest in issues related to the
empowerment of women, protection of the rights of the children and physically
handicapped.
