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Compendium
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Hon'ble The Chief Justice-Cum-Patron-in-Chief, Bihar State Legal Services Authority,
Patna
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.M. Lal |
09-Jul-1997- 06-Oct-1999
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| Justice Brij Mohan Lal was born on 06.10.1937. He was enrolled as an Advocate of Madhya Pradesh High Court in January, 1963. Practiced in Civil and Constitutional matters. He was appointed Additional Judge, Madhya Pradesh High Court on 14.05.1984. Appointed a permanent Judge, Madhya Pradesh High Court on 20.11.89. Transferred to the Allahabad High Court on 22.03.1991. He was appointed as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court on 09.07.1997. He retired on 06.10.1999. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ravi S. Dhavan |
25-Jan-2000- 22-Jul-2004
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| Justice Ravi Swaroop Dhavan was born on Jul 22, 1942. Graduated in Law. Enrolled as an Advocate of the U.P. Bar Counsel at Allahabad in January, 1966. Practiced on Civil, Taxation and Writ matters in the Allahabad High Court. Was senior Standing Counsel for the Government of India in the Allahabad High Court. Appointed permanent Judge in the Allahabad High Court on Jan 09, 1986. Transferred to High Court of Judicature at Patna as Chief Justice on Jan 25, 2000. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Nagendra Rai (Acting) |
23-Jun-2003- 02-Jul-2003
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| Justice Nagendra Rai was born on 31.01.1944. He was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bihar State Bar Council, Patna on 18.01.1966, and practiced mainly in Criminal, Civil And Constitutional Matters in the Patna High Court. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Patna High Court on 10.07.1990 and also served as Acting Chief Justice in the Patna High Court. He retired on 30.01.2006. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Nagendra Rai (Acting) |
30-Sep-2003- 17-Oct-2003
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| Justice Nagendra Rai was born on 31.01.1944. He was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bihar State Bar Council, Patna on 18.01.1966, and practiced mainly in Criminal, Civil And Constitutional Matters in the Patna High Court. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Patna High Court on 10.07.1990 and also served as Acting Chief Justice in the Patna High Court. He retired on 30.01.2006. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Nagendra Rai (Acting) |
22-Jul-2004- 18-Jul-2005
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| Justice Nagendra Rai was born on 31.01.1944. He was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bihar State Bar Council, Patna on 18.01.1966, and practiced mainly in Criminal, Civil And Constitutional Matters in the Patna High Court. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Patna High Court on 10.07.1990 and also served as Acting Chief Justice in the Patna High Court. He retired on 30.01.2006. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dr. J.N. Bhatt |
18-Jul-2005- 16-Oct-2007
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| Justice J.N. Bhatt enrolled as an Advocate on 1 August 1968 and worked as Government Pleader at Jamnagar since 1976. He also served as Special Prosecutor and Legal Advisor of Municipal Corporations, Nationalized Banks and in various matter of Armed Forces, Civil, Constitutional and Labour Cases. Bhatt acquired M.Com. LL.M. degree with Gold Medal and Ph.D. in Law. In 1977 he passed Judicial service and became the youngest District Judge of the state. He served as Registrar of Gujarat High Court and was appointed as Law Secretary and Remembrancer of the Gujarat State Government. On 21 August 1990 he became the Judge of the Gujarat High Court. Bhatt represented Government of India to the International Law Association Conference, at Warsaw. He became President of the Gujarat State Judicial Academy since May 2002. Bhatt became the Chief Justice of Patna High Court on 18 July 2005 and become First Chancellor of Chanakya National Law University. After the retirement on 16 October 2007 Justice Bhatt was appointed as Chairman, Law Commission of Gujarat and Chairperson, Gujarat State Human Rights Commission also. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Narayan Roy (Acting) |
16-Oct-2007- 04-Jan-2008
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| Justice Narayan Roy was born on 01.02.1947. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 05.09.1972 and practiced mainly in Civil, Criminal and Constitution matters in the Patna High Court. He was appointed as Government pleader at Ranchi Bench on 01.09.1986. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Patna High Court on 02.12.1991. He was transferred to Rajasthan High Court as Hon’ble Chief Justice with effect from 05.01.2008. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Balia |
05-Jan-2008- 03-Mar-2008
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| Justice Rajesh Balia was born in 1946 in a business family. His father Late Manak Lal Sa Balia was a businessman and influenced by Gandhian Movement. Balia passed B.Com and LL.B. and started practice on 9 April 1967 in the Rajasthan High Court. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of Rajasthan High Court on 21 October 1991. Thereafter became permanent Judge in 1992 of the same High Court. He was transferred to Gujarat High Court and also became the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court from 12 November 2007 to 4 January 2008. Justice Balia was elevated in the post of Chief Justice of Patna High Court on 5 January 2008 and retired on 3 March 2008. After the retirement he was appointed as Chairman of Rajasthan Human Rights Commission on 31 August 2011. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad (Acting) |
03-Mar-2008- 13-May-2008
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| Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad (born 15 July 1949) began his career by enrolling as an Advocate on 27 November 1973 with the Bar Council of Bihar. He practiced in Civil, Constitutional, Criminal and Service matters at the High Court of judicature at Patna, Bihar and was designated as a Senior Advocate on 17 July 1989. He was appointed as the Additional Advocate General of the State of Bihar on 14.12.1993. He was elevated as a permanent Judge of the Patna High Court on 8 November 1994 and was transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 21 November 1994 from where he was transferred back to Patna High Court on 10 September 2001. He was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court from 3 March 2008 to 12 May 2008 and from 17 December 2008 to 15 March 2009. He took oath as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on 20 March 2009 and was elevated as a Judge, Supreme Court of India on 8 February 2010 from where he superannuated on 14 July 2014. Thereafter he was appointed Chairman of the Press Council of India on 25 November 2014. Justice Prasad has held various offices including the office of the Vice-President of the English Speaking Union of Commonwealth and the President of the Patna Golf Club. He is also a visiting professor in G.D. Goenka College. He served as the Chairman of the Bihar State Judicial Academy and Member of the Advisory Board to consider the cases of detention under preventive law of the State of Madhya Pradesh and Chairman of the Advisory Board for such cases in Bihar. He is an experienced arbitrator who has done a large number of arbitrations involving Govt. of India and foreign companies. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.M. Lodha |
13-May-2008- 16-Dec-2008
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| Justice R. M. Lodha (born 28 September 1949) is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court, he served as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court. He has also served as a judge in Rajasthan High Court and Bombay High Court. On 14 July 2015, the Supreme Court committee headed by RM Lodha suspended the owners of Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings from the Indian Premier League cricket tournament for a period of two years for alleged involvement in betting. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad (Acting) |
17-Dec-2008- 16-Mar-2009
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| Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad (born 15 July 1949) began his career by enrolling as an Advocate on 27 November 1973 with the Bar Council of Bihar. He practiced in Civil, Constitutional, Criminal and Service matters at the High Court of judicature at Patna, Bihar and was designated as a Senior Advocate on 17 July 1989. He was appointed as the Additional Advocate General of the State of Bihar on 14.12.1993. He was elevated as a permanent Judge of the Patna High Court on 8 November 1994 and was transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 21 November 1994 from where he was transferred back to Patna High Court on 10 September 2001. He was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court from 3 March 2008 to 12 May 2008 and from 17 December 2008 to 15 March 2009. He took oath as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on 20 March 2009 and was elevated as a Judge, Supreme Court of India on 8 February 2010 from where he superannuated on 14 July 2014. Thereafter he was appointed Chairman of the Press Council of India on 25 November 2014. Justice Prasad has held various offices including the office of the Vice-President of the English Speaking Union of Commonwealth and the President of the Patna Golf Club. He is also a visiting professor in G.D. Goenka College. He served as the Chairman of the Bihar State Judicial Academy and Member of the Advisory Board to consider the cases of detention under preventive law of the State of Madhya Pradesh and Chairman of the Advisory Board for such cases in Bihar. He is an experienced arbitrator who has done a large number of arbitrations involving Govt. of India and foreign companies. |
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| Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jacob Benjamin Koshy |
16-Mar-2009- 12-May-2009
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| Justice Jacob Benjamin Koshy was born on 13-5-1947 to Mr. Koshy who was then Principal of the Brickfield Higher Secondary School in Malaysia. Justice Jacob Benjamin Koshy is the chairman of Kerala Human Rights Commission. He was Chief Justice of Patna High Court. Justice Koshy was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court following the elevation of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu as Supreme Court Judge. Appointed as Permanent Judge in 1996, Mr. Koshy was the Executive Chairman of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shiva Kirti Singh (Acting) |
13-May-2009- 12-Aug-2009
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| Justice Shiva Kirti Singh was born on 13.11.1951. Grandfather Late Krishna Kumar Singh of Village Narendrapur, P.S. Ander, District Saran (now Siwan), Bihar had a modest Zamindari. Father Late Shambhu Prasad Singh, retired as a senior most Judge of Patna High Court in January, 1979. Uncle, late Uma Kant Pd. Singh became a martyr in front of Patna Secretariat during Quit India Movement in August 1942. Maternal grandfather Late B.P. Sinha was Chief Justice of India from 1959 to 1964. Completed schooling from Sainik School Tilaiya, Graduation in Political Science from Patna College, Post Graduation from Patna University and LL.B. from Patna Law College, all in First Division. Enrolled as an Advocate on March 17, 1977 and designated Senior Advocate on January 17, 1990. Practiced in Patna High Court in Civil, Criminal, Service and Constitutional matters. Served as counsel for Bihar State Electricity Board for several years. Elevated as permanent Judge of Patna High Court on December 29, 1998. Also served as Executive Chairman of Bihar State Legal Services Authority from March 07, 2006 to October 16, 2012. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court in May 2009 for about four months, again in September 2009 for about same period and for the third time in May 2010 for a lesser period. Transferred to Allahabad High Court and took oath on October 17, 2012. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on November 20, 2012 and as Chief Justice on February 04, 2013. Elevated to Supreme Court on September 19, 2013. Retired on 11th November, 2016 (FN). |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prafulla Kumar Mishra |
12-Aug-2009- 16-Sep-2009
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| Justice Prafulla Kumar Mishra was born on 17 September 1947. His father, late Jaya Krishna Mishra was also a judge. He passed LL.B. with gold medal from the Utkal University in 1968. Mishra became the additional judge of Orissa High Court on 17 January 1996. In 2001 he was transferred to the Madras High Court.[2] On 12 August 2009 he was elevated in the post of the Chief Justice of Patna High Court.[3] Justice Mishra was retired on 16 September 2009 from the Judgeship.[4] After the retirement he became the first Chairman of Goa Human Rights Commission.[5] In April 2016 Mishra was appointed as Goa Lokayukta after Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shiva Kirti Singh (Acting) |
17-Sep-2009- 12-Dec-2009
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| Justice Shiva Kirti Singh was born on 13.11.1951. Grandfather Late Krishna Kumar Singh of Village Narendrapur, P.S. Ander, District Saran (now Siwan), Bihar had a modest Zamindari. Father Late Shambhu Prasad Singh, retired as a senior most Judge of Patna High Court in January, 1979. Uncle, late Uma Kant Pd. Singh became a martyr in front of Patna Secretariat during Quit India Movement in August 1942. Maternal grandfather Late B.P. Sinha was Chief Justice of India from 1959 to 1964. Completed schooling from Sainik School Tilaiya, Graduation in Political Science from Patna College, Post Graduation from Patna University and LL.B. from Patna Law College, all in First Division. Enrolled as an Advocate on March 17, 1977 and designated Senior Advocate on January 17, 1990. Practiced in Patna High Court in Civil, Criminal, Service and Constitutional matters. Served as counsel for Bihar State Electricity Board for several years. Elevated as permanent Judge of Patna High Court on December 29, 1998. Also served as Executive Chairman of Bihar State Legal Services Authority from March 07, 2006 to October 16, 2012. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court in May 2009 for about four months, again in September 2009 for about same period and for the third time in May 2010 for a lesser period. Transferred to Allahabad High Court and took oath on October 17, 2012. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on November 20, 2012 and as Chief Justice on February 04, 2013. Elevated to Supreme Court on September 19, 2013. Retired on 11th November, 2016 (FN). |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra |
23-Dec-2009- 23-May-2010
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| Justice Dipak Misra (born 3 October 1953) enrolled at the Bar on 14 February 1977 and practiced at the Orissa High Court and the Service Tribunal. He was first appointed as an Additional Judge of the Orissa High Court in 1996. The following year, he was transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, where he was made a Permanent Judge on 19 December 1997. In December 2009, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, serving until May 2010, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on 10 October 2011. Justice Misra had a tenure of thirteen months as chief justice at the Supreme Court after being appointed as the 45th Chief Justice of India on 28 August 2017 until mandatory retirement at 65 years of age, on 2 October 2018. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shiva Kirti Singh (Acting) |
24-May-2010- 20-Jun-2010
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| Justice Shiva Kirti Singh was born on 13.11.1951. Grandfather Late Krishna Kumar Singh of Village Narendrapur, P.S. Ander, District Saran (now Siwan), Bihar had a modest Zamindari. Father Late Shambhu Prasad Singh, retired as a senior most Judge of Patna High Court in January, 1979. Uncle, late Uma Kant Pd. Singh became a martyr in front of Patna Secretariat during Quit India Movement in August 1942. Maternal grandfather Late B.P. Sinha was Chief Justice of India from 1959 to 1964. Completed schooling from Sainik School Tilaiya, Graduation in Political Science from Patna College, Post Graduation from Patna University and LL.B. from Patna Law College, all in First Division. Enrolled as an Advocate on March 17, 1977 and designated Senior Advocate on January 17, 1990. Practiced in Patna High Court in Civil, Criminal, Service and Constitutional matters. Served as counsel for Bihar State Electricity Board for several years. Elevated as permanent Judge of Patna High Court on December 29, 1998. Also served as Executive Chairman of Bihar State Legal Services Authority from March 07, 2006 to October 16, 2012. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court in May 2009 for about four months, again in September 2009 for about same period and for the third time in May 2010 for a lesser period. Transferred to Allahabad High Court and took oath on October 17, 2012. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on November 20, 2012 and as Chief Justice on February 04, 2013. Elevated to Supreme Court on September 19, 2013. Retired on 11th November, 2016 (FN). |
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| Hon'ble Ms. Justice Rekha Manharlal Doshit |
21-Jun-2010- 12-Dec-2014
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| Justice Rekha Manharlal Doshit was born on 13 December 1952 in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. She graduated in Bombay University in Bachelor of Science and Law from Sir L.A. Shah Law College, Ahmedabad. She started her career as an advocate in 1977. In 1995, she was appointed as judge at Gujarat High Court. On 21 June 2010, Doshit was promoted to the Chief Justice of Patna High Court, and thus became the first woman Chief Justice of Patna High Court. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari (Acting) |
13-Dec-2014- 01-Jan-2015
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| Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari was born on 29 October 1954. He did his graduation in Law from Tezpur Law College. He was elevated to Guwahati High Court on 4 March 2004. He also served as Executive Chairman of State Legal Services Authority in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland and has accordingly performed the duty of legal awareness. In July 2018 he became the Chief Justice of Patna High Court and retired in October 2016. On 1 August 2017 he was appointed Chairperson of Punjab State Human Rights Commission. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy |
02-Jan-2015- 31-Jul-2015
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| Justice L. Narasimha Reddy (born 1 August 1953) was the Chief Justice of Patna High Court and was the senior most judge in of Hyderabad High Court. Further appointed as Chairman CAT and as the Chancellor of University of Hyderabad. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari (Acting) |
01-Aug-2015- 28-Jul-2016
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| Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari was born on 29 October 1954. He did his graduation in Law from Tezpur Law College. He was elevated to Guwahati High Court on 4 March 2004. He also served as Executive Chairman of State Legal Services Authority in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland and has accordingly performed the duty of legal awareness. In July 2018 he became the Chief Justice of Patna High Court and retired in October 2016. On 1 August 2017 he was appointed Chairperson of Punjab State Human Rights Commission. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari |
29-Jul-2016- 28-Oct-2016
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| Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari was born on 29 October 1954. He did his graduation in Law from Tezpur Law College. He was elevated to Guwahati High Court on 4 March 2004. He also served as Executive Chairman of State Legal Services Authority in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland and has accordingly performed the duty of legal awareness. In July 2018 he became the Chief Justice of Patna High Court and retired in October 2016. On 1 August 2017 he was appointed Chairperson of Punjab State Human Rights Commission. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta (Acting) |
29-Dec-2016- 14-Mar-2017
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| Justice Hemant Gupta (born on 17 October 1957) enrolled as an advocate on July 1980 and started practise in the District Court of Chandigarh. He entered in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and worked on Civil, Labour, Company and Constitutional matters. In 1997 he was appointed as Additional Advocate General of Punjab and elevated as a Judge of High Court of Punjab and Haryana on 2 July 2002. Justice Gupta was transferred to the Patna High Court on February 2016, thereafter took over the charge of acting chief justice of the Patna High Court after the retirement of Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari on 29 October 2016. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 18 March 2017. In November 2018 he became Justice of the Supreme Court of India. |
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| Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajendra Menon |
15-Mar-2017- 08-Aug-2018
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| Justice Rajendra Menon is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is Chairperson of Armed Forces Tribunal. He is former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court. He was born on 7 June 1957 and hails from Jabalpur, in Madhya Pradesh.[2] He was a Judge and later the Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, and later the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, Justice Rajendra Menon practiced law in the office of senior advocate P. Sadasivan Nair. Until his elevation to the Bench, was Standing Counsel for Central Government from 1991. He also represented several private and public sector undertakings and other private entitled. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan (Acting) |
09-Aug-2018- 11-Aug-2018
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| Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan was born on 20th December, 1960 at Patna. His Lordship did his M.Sc. in Geology from Patna University, and LL.B from Patna Law College, Patna University in 1989. He was awarded Ph.D. in Science (Geology) by the Patna University. On completion of LL.B., he joined Patna High Court Bar on 4th of December, 1990 and has conducted Constitutional, Civil, Revenue, Criminal and Service matters mainly. He was engaged by Union of India as its Additional Standing Counsel in the Patna High Court. He was appointed by Union of India as its Senior Standing Counsel and in the month of February 2005 the Union of India re-designated him as Assistant Solicitor General of India. He was also engaged by the Union Public Service Commission as its Nodal Counsel and the Indian Audit and Accounts Department of the Govt. of India as its Standing Counsel in the Patna High Court. That apart, he was also engaged by the Reliance Group of Industries as its Retainer Counsel and the Allahabad Bank and the Bank of Baroda as their counsel. He presented papers on ‘Trafficking in Women in India’ and ‘The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - A Portal of Hope’ in Conferences held by West Bengal Commission for Women and National Commission for Women respectively both held at Kolkata. His Lordship was elevated as an Additional Judge of Patna High Court on 14th July, 2008 and appointed as permanent Judge on 16th January, 2010. As a Judge he has decided Civil Matters (Revision, Appeals, Letters Patent Appeal etc.), Writ Petitions related to Constitutional, Service, Revenue, Contract matter, other miscellaneous matters and Letters Patent Appeals arising out of writ petitions and appeals decided by Single Bench, Criminal Matters: Bail, Criminal Appeals (Division Bench), Taxation Matters (Miscellaneous Appeals), Matrimonial Matters and has also taken up several Public Interest Litigations. |
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| Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mukesh Rasikbhai Shah |
12-Aug-2018- 01-Nov-2018
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| Justice Mukesh Rasikbhai Shah, B.Sc., LL.B. was born on 16 May 1958. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 19 July 1982 and practiced in the Gujarat High Court and Central Administrative Tribunal in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Taxation, Labour, Service and Company matters and specialized in land, constitutional, Education, Excise, Custom matters. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court on 7 March 2004 and appointed as Permanent Judge on 22 June 2005. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Patna High Court on 12 August 2018. He was appointed Judge of Supreme Court of India on 2 November 2018. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan (Acting) |
02-Nov-2018- 16-Nov-2018
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| Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan was born on 20th December, 1960 at Patna. His Lordship did his M.Sc. in Geology from Patna University, and LL.B from Patna Law College, Patna University in 1989. He was awarded Ph.D. in Science (Geology) by the Patna University. On completion of LL.B., he joined Patna High Court Bar on 4th of December, 1990 and has conducted Constitutional, Civil, Revenue, Criminal and Service matters mainly. He was engaged by Union of India as its Additional Standing Counsel in the Patna High Court. He was appointed by Union of India as its Senior Standing Counsel and in the month of February 2005 the Union of India re-designated him as Assistant Solicitor General of India. He was also engaged by the Union Public Service Commission as its Nodal Counsel and the Indian Audit and Accounts Department of the Govt. of India as its Standing Counsel in the Patna High Court. That apart, he was also engaged by the Reliance Group of Industries as its Retainer Counsel and the Allahabad Bank and the Bank of Baroda as their counsel. He presented papers on ‘Trafficking in Women in India’ and ‘The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - A Portal of Hope’ in Conferences held by West Bengal Commission for Women and National Commission for Women respectively both held at Kolkata. His Lordship was elevated as an Additional Judge of Patna High Court on 14th July, 2008 and appointed as permanent Judge on 16th January, 2010. As a Judge he has decided Civil Matters (Revision, Appeals, Letters Patent Appeal etc.), Writ Petitions related to Constitutional, Service, Revenue, Contract matter, other miscellaneous matters and Letters Patent Appeals arising out of writ petitions and appeals decided by Single Bench, Criminal Matters: Bail, Criminal Appeals (Division Bench), Taxation Matters (Miscellaneous Appeals), Matrimonial Matters and has also taken up several Public Interest Litigations. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi |
17-Nov-2018- 10-Nov-2019
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| Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi (born 1 January 1959) graduated in law in year 1985, and enrolled as an advocate of the Allahabad high court on September 6, 1985, where he practiced civil and constitutional matters. He became an additional judge of the Allahabad high court on September 24, 2004 and was confirmed as permanent judge in August 18, 2005. On 23 October, he was appointed as senior most judge of Allahabad High Court. On 10 November 2018, he was appointed as chief justice of Patna High Court. On 17 November 2018, he took oath as chief justice of Patna High Court. On 11 November 2019, he took oath as chief justice of Madras High Court. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol |
11-Nov-2019-
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| Hon'ble The Chief Justice Sanjay Karol, Joined Patna High Court on 11th November, 2019 |
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Hon'ble Executive Chairman, Bihar State Legal Services Authority, Patna
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aftab Alam |
29-Nov-1997- 28-Apr-2000
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| Justice Aftab Alam was born on 19th April, 1948 in Patna, Bihar. He studied in Patna Collegiate School. After passing Law he was enrolled as an Advocate and practiced on Criminal, Labor and Constitutional matter in the Patna High Court. Alam was designated a Senior Advocate at the age of 36. He became Additional Standing Counsel of the Government of India in the High Court on 7 September 1981 and served up to 6 September 1985. On 27 July 1990, Alam was elevated as a permanent Judge of the Patna High Court. He was transferred to Jammu and Kashmir High Court as acting Chief Justice 6 June 2007. On 12 November 2007, he became the Justice of the Supreme Court of India. After the retirement on 18 April 2013, Justice Alam was appointed in the post of Chairperson of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal. Besides his legal career, he is an eminent scholar of Classical Urdu having knowledge in Persian Poetry and Sufism. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Narbdeshwar Pandey |
29-Apr-2000- 19-Mar-2001
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| Justice Narbdeshwar Pandey was born on 20.03.1939. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 13.01.1966. Practiced in Civil, Criminal Constitutional and Labour cases in the Patna High Court. He was appointed Judge in the Patna High Court on 31.10.1988. Retired on 20.03.2001. He was appointed as fifth Lokayukta of Bihar for the period from 08.06.2001 to 07.06.2006. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Nagendra Rai |
28-Apr-2001- 31-Jan-2006
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| Justice Nagendra Rai was born on 31.01.1944. He was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bihar State Bar Council, Patna on 18.01.1966, and practiced mainly in Criminal, Civil And Constitutional Matters in the Patna High Court. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Patna High Court on 10.07.1990 and also served as Acting Chief Justice in the Patna High Court. He retired on 30.01.2006. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shiva Kirti Singh |
07-Mar-2006- 16-Oct-2012
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| Justice Shiva Kirti Singh was born on 13.11.1951. Grandfather Late Krishna Kumar Singh of Village Narendrapur, P.S. Ander, District Saran (now Siwan), Bihar had a modest Zamindari. Father Late Shambhu Prasad Singh, retired as a senior most Judge of Patna High Court in January, 1979. Uncle, late Uma Kant Pd. Singh became a martyr in front of Patna Secretariat during Quit India Movement in August 1942. Maternal grandfather Late B.P. Sinha was Chief Justice of India from 1959 to 1964. Completed schooling from Sainik School Tilaiya, Graduation in Political Science from Patna College, Post Graduation from Patna University and LL.B. from Patna Law College, all in First Division. Enrolled as an Advocate on March 17, 1977 and designated Senior Advocate on January 17, 1990. Practiced in Patna High Court in Civil, Criminal, Service and Constitutional matters. Served as counsel for Bihar State Electricity Board for several years. Elevated as permanent Judge of Patna High Court on December 29, 1998. Also served as Executive Chairman of Bihar State Legal Services Authority from March 07, 2006 to October 16, 2012. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court in May 2009 for about four months, again in September 2009 for about same period and for the third time in May 2010 for a lesser period. Transferred to Allahabad High Court and took oath on October 17, 2012. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on November 20, 2012 and as Chief Justice on February 04, 2013. Elevated to Supreme Court on September 19, 2013. Retired on 11th November, 2016 (FN). |
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| Hon'ble Ms. Justice T Meena Kumari |
07-Feb-2013- 22-Mar-2013
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| Justice T. Meena Kumari (born on 3 August 1951) is a retired high court judge of India. She was the first Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. She previously served as the judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court and Patna High Court. On her appointment as first Chief Justice of Meghalaya in 2013, she said her first priority would be to set up Fast-Track Courts in the state, as well as to understand the problems of the region and deal with pending cases. However, she was only in post for five months. After her retirement as Meghalaya Chief Justice in August 2013, she was appointed Chairperson of the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission in December 2014. The post had been vacant since 2011. Whilst serving as a judge in the Andhra Pradesh High Court, she involved in the case of T. Muralidhar Rao vs State of Andhra Pradesh 2010 as a member of the seven judge bench. The case dealt with religion-based reservations, specifically relating to reservations for backward class Muslims. While agreeing with the majority view, which struck down the quota, Justice T. Meena Kumari articulated a separate judgement. She completed her law degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. She is the granddaughter of late violinist Padmashree Venkateswamy Naidu |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navin Sinha |
16-May-2013- 08-Jul-2014
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| Justice Navin Sinha was born on 19 August 1957. He joined bar on 26 July 1979 and practiced for 23 years primarily at Patna High Court and specialized in civil, constitutional, labour, service, commercial, company, criminal laws. He was elevated as a judge there. He was made a permanent judge of Patna High Court on 4 February 2004.[3][4] He was transferred to Chhattisgarh High Court on 9 July 2014. Justice Navin Sinha was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court on May 14, 2016. Justice Sinha was administered the oath as the 31st chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court by Governor Kalyan Singh. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice V.N. Sinha |
25-Aug-2014- 14-Nov-2015
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| Justice Vijayeshwar Narayan Sinha was born on 15.11.1953. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 08.08.1979. He practiced at the Patna High Court for over 23 years in the Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Services and Taxation etc. matters and specialized in the constitutional law. He was Government Pleader for the State of Bihar. He was appointed as a Judge of the Patna High Court on 24.03.2004. Justice Sinha superannuated on 14.11.2015. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ramesh Kumar Dutta |
18-Jan-2016- 17-Apr-2016
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| Justice Ramesh Kumar Dutta was born on 01.01.1955. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 17.05.1985. He practiced in the Patna and Ranchi High Courts for over 24 years in Constitutional, Taxation, Commercial Laws and Criminal implications thereof, and Service matters and has specialized in Taxation and Commercial laws. He is served as Standing Counsel for the State of Bihar, Additional Standing Counsel for the Bihar Electricity Board etc. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of Patna High Court on 06.03.2006. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta |
18-Apr-2016- 28-Oct-2016
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| Justice Hemant Gupta (born on 17 October 1957) enrolled as an advocate on July 1980 and started practise in the District Court of Chandigarh. He entered in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and worked on Civil, Labour, Company and Constitutional matters. In 1997 he was appointed as Additional Advocate General of Punjab and elevated as a Judge of High Court of Punjab and Haryana on 2 July 2002. Justice Gupta was transferred to the Patna High Court on February 2016, thereafter took over the charge of acting chief justice of the Patna High Court after the retirement of Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari on 29 October 2016. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 18 March 2017. In November 2018 he became Justice of the Supreme Court of India. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navniti Pd. Singh |
22-Nov-2016- 19-Mar-2017
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| Justice Navniti Prasad Singh (born 6 November 1955) completed his schooling from Scindia School of Gwalior, graduated and passed Law from Delhi University. He was enrolled as Advocate on 2 July 1980 and started practice in Patna and Jharkhand High Court on Commercial, Taxation and Constitutional matter. In his lawyer career he appeared on behalf of the State Bank of India, Lalit Narayan Mithila University and other statutory authorities. Singh became a Senior Advocate in December 2004. On 6 March 2006 he was appointed as an additional Judge of Patna High Court. Justice Singh was elevated in the post of the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on 20 March 2017. He was retired on 6 November 2017. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Samarendra Pratap Singh |
21-Apr-2017- 31-Jul-2017
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| Justice Samarendra Pratap Singh, was born on 1st August, 1955. He did his Schooling from St. Joseph Convent, St. Xavier & St. Michaels School, Patna, did Graduation from Patna College, Patna and LL.B. from Patna Law College. He was enrolled as an Advocate of Patna High Court on 09.07.1980 and practiced on Civil, Criminal, Income Tax and Constitutional matters as a Lawyer and became Jr. Standing Counsel in early 1980’s. He also worked as Govt. Pleader from 1998-1999.He was designated Senior Advocate in 2004.He was appointed as Permanent Judge of Patna High Court on 09.10.2006. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi |
03-Aug-2017- 07-Jul-2018
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| Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi was born on 12 November 1957. He graduated in Economics with Honours from Shri Ram College of Commerce, and studied law from Delhi University. He started practice in 1981 at Patna High Court on service matter, Constitutional, Taxation, Excise and commercial litigations. Tripathi was the Standing Counsel for the Union of India and the Income Tax Department. He also appeared on behalf of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Auditor and Comptroller General of India. He served as an Additional Advocate General for the State of Bihar. On 9 October 2006 he was elevated as an Additional Judge of Patna High Court, a position he held until 11 November 2019. Tripathi became the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court on 7 July 2018. On 23 March 2019 he was appointed as the Judicial Member of Lokpal. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan |
13-Aug-2018- 19-Nov-2018
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| Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan was born on 20th December, 1960 at Patna. His Lordship did his M.Sc. in Geology from Patna University, and LL.B from Patna Law College, Patna University in 1989. He was awarded Ph.D. in Science (Geology) by the Patna University. On completion of LL.B., he joined Patna High Court Bar on 4th of December, 1990 and has conducted Constitutional, Civil, Revenue, Criminal and Service matters mainly. He was engaged by Union of India as its Additional Standing Counsel in the Patna High Court. He was appointed by Union of India as its Senior Standing Counsel and in the month of February 2005 the Union of India re-designated him as Assistant Solicitor General of India. He was also engaged by the Union Public Service Commission as its Nodal Counsel and the Indian Audit and Accounts Department of the Govt. of India as its Standing Counsel in the Patna High Court. That apart, he was also engaged by the Reliance Group of Industries as its Retainer Counsel and the Allahabad Bank and the Bank of Baroda as their counsel. He presented papers on ‘Trafficking in Women in India’ and ‘The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - A Portal of Hope’ in Conferences held by West Bengal Commission for Women and National Commission for Women respectively both held at Kolkata. His Lordship was elevated as an Additional Judge of Patna High Court on 14th July, 2008 and appointed as permanent Judge on 16th January, 2010. As a Judge he has decided Civil Matters (Revision, Appeals, Letters Patent Appeal etc.), Writ Petitions related to Constitutional, Service, Revenue, Contract matter, other miscellaneous matters and Letters Patent Appeals arising out of writ petitions and appeals decided by Single Bench, Criminal Matters: Bail, Criminal Appeals (Division Bench), Taxation Matters (Miscellaneous Appeals), Matrimonial Matters and has also taken up several Public Interest Litigations. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jyoti Saran |
21-Dec-2018- 18-Aug-2019
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| Mr. Justice Jyoti Saran was born on August 19, 1957. He did his Graduation from Delhi University and L.L.B from Patna University. He was enrolled at the Bihar State Bar Council 05 September 1986 and practiced in the Patna High Court primarily on the Constitutional side involving service matters, tax, excise and other commercial matters with experiences on the Civil & Criminal side also. Apart from representing the cause of Individuals Justice Saran was conducting cases for the Sugar Factories of the State, the distilleries, Proctor & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd, Exide Industries Ltd, The Searchlight Publishing House, Rajendra Agriculture University, Pusa, RITES Ltd. (Rail India Technical and Economic Services), B. H. E. L (Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. He had also appeared on behalf of the Cabinet (Vigilance) Deptt. Govt.of Bihar as additional public Prosecutor. He was elevated to the Bench of Patna High Court on 13th June, 2009 as an Additional Judge. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Kumar |
23-Sep-2019- 08-Nov-2019
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| Justice Rakesh Kumar, B.Com (Hons), L.L.B., was born on the 1st January, 1959. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 8th March, 1983. He practiced in the Patna High Court for about 26 years on criminal and constitutional side. He defended the cases of C.B.I. in the capacity of standing Counsel (C.B.I) for about 12 years. He was Government Advocate, Government of Bihar in Patna High Court, Incharge Special P.P. State Vigilance Cabinet and also conduct trails in the capacity of Special P.P. (C.B.I) and State. He was Additional Standing Counsel for Government of India. Advocate for Accountant General, BSNL and Panel Advocate of Patna High Court. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Patna High Court on 25th December, 2009 and took oath as a Permanent Judge on 24th October 2011. On transfer took oath as Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh on 8th November, 2019. |
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| Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh |
17-Jan-2020- 02-Oct-2020
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| Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh was born on 3rd October, 1958 in a family of eminent lawyers. His grandfather Late Gagandeo Narayan Singh practiced in civil side at Chapra and father Late Radhey Shyam Sinha, was an eminent criminal lawyer of Chapra. Justice Singh did his graduation from Bihar University and thereafter he did his Masters in English and LL.B from Patna University. He was enrolled as an advocate in Patna High Court on 26.09.1986. He practiced in all branches of law, constitutional, civil, criminal etc. for 24 long years. He also successfully defended Boards, Corporations and Public Sectors. Besides having a flying private practice Justice Singh as a counsel was engaged as a retainer for Muzaffarpur Municipal Corporation for more than two long decades and counsel for New India Assurance Co. in Patna High Court. Justice Singh was appointed as Additional Advocate General, Bihar, in 2006. He subsequently resigned in 2007 and pursued private practice with zeal. He was designated as Senior Advocate in November 2007. He took oath as an Additional Judge of Patna High Court on 18th day of February, 2010 and took oath as a Permanent Judge on 24th, October 2011. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Kumar Srivastava |
26-Nov-2020- 01-Feb-2021
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| Born on 02-02-1959 at Allahabad. Did B.A in 1977 and L.L.B in 1980 from Allahabad University .
Started practice law at civil court Gazipur (U.P) in 1982. Direct Recruited from bar as Addl. District & Sessions Judge and joined at Motihari, (East Champaran) on 16-05-1991. In the year 2002 promoted as District & Sessions Judge, at Munger and functioned as District & Sessions Judge at Muzaffarpur and Patna and also as Chairman Transport Appellate Tribunal, Bihar Patna.
Elevated as Additional Judge, Patna High Court on 12/08/2010 and became Permanent Judge on 10/08/2012. |
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| Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shivaji Pandey |
09-Feb-2021-
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| Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shivaji Pandey was born on 08.05.1959. He did graduate in science from Marwari College, Bhagalpur and L.L.B from T.N.B College, Bhaglpur. He was enrolled from as an advocate of Patna High Court from 06.07.1982 and practiced mainly on Service Law, Labour Law and Civil Law. He was Elevated to the Bench of Patna High Court on 20th June, 2011 as Additional Judge and took oath as a permanent Judge of the High Court on 04.04.2013. |
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Member Secretaries, Bihar State Legal Services Authority, Patna
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| Sl.No. | Photo | Name | Period |
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| Sri Braj Kishore Thakur |
11-Mar-1998- 31-Jul-1999
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| Sri Dharnidhar Jha (I/c) |
01-Aug-1999- 23-Aug-1999
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| Sri Priya Sharan |
23-Aug-1999- 31-Jul-2000
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| Sri Dharnidhar Jha ( I/c ) |
31-Jul-2000- 13-Aug-2001
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| Sri Damodar Prasad ( I/c ) |
13-Aug-2001- 06-Feb-2002
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| Sri Ghanshyam Prasad. |
06-Feb-2002- 23-Jan-2005
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| Sri Aditya Kr. Trivedi ( I/c ) |
24-Jan-2005- 15-Apr-2005
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| Sri Sudhanshu Kumar Lal |
15-Apr-2005- 12-Aug-2005
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| Sri Rajesh Kumar |
13-Aug-2005- 08-Feb-2006
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| Sri Abhijeet Sinha |
09-Feb-2006- 04-Nov-2006
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| Ms. Gita Verma ( I/c ) |
05-Nov-2006- 13-Dec-2007
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| Ms. Gita Verma |
14-Dec-2007- 20-Feb-2010
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| Sri Radha Krishna |
20-Feb-2010- 14-Feb-2014
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| Sri Ram Vinod Singh ( I/c ) |
14-Feb-2014- 22-May-2014
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| Sri Om Prakash |
22-May-2014- 30-Jun-2016
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| Sri Manoj Kumar Tiwari ( I/c ) |
01-Jul-2016- 10-Aug-2016
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| Sri Sunil Dutta Mishra |
11-Aug-2016- 17-Sep-2020
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| Sri Ravi Ranjan ( I/c ) |
17-Sep-2020- 28-Oct-2020
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| Sri Krishna Murari Sharan |
28-Oct-2020-
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Joint Secretaries, Bihar State Legal Services Authority, Patna
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| Sri Dharnidhar Jha |
30-Aug-1999- 13-Aug-2001
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| Sri Devi Dayal Prasad |
16-Apr-2002- 11-Nov-2003
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| Sri Aditya Kumar Trivedi |
15-Jan-2005- 15-Apr-2005
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| Ms. Gita Verma |
13-Dec-2005- 04-Nov-2006
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| Dr. Kumar Deodutta |
17-May-2008- 06-Jan-2011
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| Sri Ram Vinod Singh |
15-Mar-2011- 06-Sep-2014
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| Sri Manoj Kumar Tiwari |
25-Sep-2014- 19-Nov-2016
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| Sri R. N. S. Pandey |
24-Jul-2017- 14-Feb-2020
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| Sri Ravi Ranjan |
06-Mar-2020- 03-Feb-2021
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Registrars, Bihar State Legal Services Authority, Patna
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| Sri Sumit Ranjan |
10-Aug-2018- 13-Feb-2019
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| Sri Krishna Gopal |
02-Aug-2019- 16-Apr-2021
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Assistant Registrars, Bihar State Legal Services Authority, Patna
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| Sri Subodh Kumar Srivastava |
30-May-2006- 22-Apr-2009
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| Sri Mritunjay Kumar Singh |
20-Feb-2010- 02-Feb-2011
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| Sri Vijay Anand Tiwary |
11-Apr-2011- 16-Aug-2014
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| Sri Vipul Sinha |
20-Sep-2014- 09-Feb-2016
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| Sri Sumit Ranjan |
10-Feb-2016- 09-Aug-2018
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| Sri Kishor Kunal |
24-Jul-2017- 30-Apr-2019
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| Sri Rohit Kumar |
27-Jul-2017- 01-May-2019
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| Ms. Priya Shekhar |
02-Aug-2019- 03-Feb-2021
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| Ms. Anupama |
07-Aug-2019-
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Officers-On-Special Duty (OSD), Bihar State Legal Services Authority, Patna
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| Sri Kishor Kunal |
05-Feb-2016- 23-Jul-2017
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| Sri Rohit Kumar |
05-Feb-2016- 26-Jul-2017
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