Vineet Saran | |
Office: | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
Term Start: | 7 August 2018 |
Term End: | 10 May 2022 |
Appointer: | Ram Nath Kovind |
Nominator: | Dipak Misra |
Office1: | 29th Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court |
Term Start1: | 26 February 2016 |
Term End1: | 6 August 2018 |
Nominator1: | T. S. Thakur |
Appointer1: | Pranab Mukherjee |
Predecessor1: | Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela |
Successor1: | Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri |
Office2: | Judge of the Karnataka High Court |
Term Start2: | 16 February 2015 |
Term End2: | 25 February 2016 |
Appointer2: | Pranab Mukherjee |
Nominator2: | H. L. Dattu |
Office3: | Judge of the Allahabad High Court |
Term Start3: | 14 February 2002 |
Term End3: | 15 February 2015 |
Appointer3: | Kocheril Raman Narayanan |
Nominator3: | Sam Piroj Bharucha |
Birth Date: | 11 May 1957 |
Alma Mater: | Allahabad University |
Vineet Saran (born 11 May 1957) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and the ethics officer and ombudsman in the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[1] He is a former chief justice of the Orissa High Court.[2] [3] He is also a former judge of the Karnataka High Court and Allahabad High Court.
Vineet Saran was born on 11 May 1957. He was enrolled as an advocate on 28 July 1980. He practiced before the Allahabad High Court in all matters. He was appointed a permanent judge of the Allahabad High Court on 14 February 2002. He was thereafter transferred to the Karnataka High Court on 16 February 2015 and was appointed chief justice of the Orissa High Court on 26 February 2016.
He was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 7 August 2018. He retired on 10 May 2022.