Raghvendra Singh Chauhan Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
Office:Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court
Termstart:7 January 2021
Termend:23 December 2021
Appointer:Ram Nath Kovind
Nominator:Sharad Arvind Bobde
Office1:Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
Term Start1:22 June 2019
Term End1:6 January 2021
Nominator1:Ranjan Gogoi
Appointer1:Ram Nath Kovind
Office2:Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
Term Start2:3 April 2019
Term End2:21 June 2019
Appointer2:Ram Nath Kovind
Predecessor2:Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan
Office3:Judge of Telangana High Court
Term Start3:8 November 2018
Term End3:2 April 2019
Nominator3:Ranjan Gogoi
Appointer3:Ram Nath Kovind
Birth Date:1959 12, df=yes
Alma Mater:University of Delhi
Office4:Judge of Karnataka High Court
Term Start4:10 March 2015
Term End4:7 November 2018
Nominator4:H. L. Dattu
Appointer4:Pranab Mukherjee
Office5:Judge of Rajasthan High Court
Term Start5:13 June 2005
Term End5:9 March 2015
Nominator5:Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
Appointer5:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Raghvendra Singh Chauhan (born on) 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. Web site: Raghvendra Singh Chauhan to take over as ACJ of Telangana HC. 2019-03-28. Bar & Bench. 2019-04-09.
  2. News: Telangana high court bids farewell to its first Chief Justice - Times of India. The Times of India. 2 April 2019 . 2019-04-09.