Raghvendra Singh Chauhan

Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court
In office
7 January 2021 – 23 December 2021
Nominated bySharad Arvind Bobde
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byRamesh Ranganathan
Succeeded byVipin Sanghi
Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
In office
22 June 2019 – 6 January 2021
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
In office
3 April 2019 – 21 June 2019
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byThottathil B. Radhakrishnan
Judge of Telangana High Court
In office
8 November 2018 – 2 April 2019
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Judge of Karnataka High Court
In office
10 March 2015 – 7 November 2018
Nominated byH. L. Dattu
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Judge of Rajasthan High Court
In office
13 June 2005 – 9 March 2015
Nominated byRamesh Chandra Lahoti
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born (1959-12-24) 24 December 1959 (age 65)
Alma materUniversity of Delhi

Raghvendra Singh Chauhan (born on 24 December 1959) is an Indian judge. He is former Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court and Telangana High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice[1] of Telangana High Court and Judge of Telangana High Court, Karnataka High Court and Rajasthan High Court.[2]

Career

Justice R. S. Chauhan is B.A., L.L.B. He was born on 24 December 1959. He started his career as an Advocate on 13 November 1983 in the Rajasthan High Court. His field of specialization is in criminal and service matters.

He was appointed an Additional Judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 13 June 2005. He was promoted as Permanent Judge on 24 January 2008. Then he was transferred as a Judge of Karnataka High Court on 10 March 2015. Again he was transferred as judge of Telangana High Court on 8 November 2018.

He was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court on 3 April 2019. On 22 June 2019, he was appointed Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.

He was appointed Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court on 31 December 2020 and took oath on 7th January 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Raghvendra Singh Chauhan to take over as ACJ of Telangana HC". Bar & Bench. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Telangana high court bids farewell to its first Chief Justice - Times of India". The Times of India. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.


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