Govind Mathur (born 14 April 1959) is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of

Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court, also known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is the high court based in Prayagraj that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest hig ...

and former Judge of

and

Rajasthan High Court The Rajasthan High Court is the High Court of the state of Rajasthan. It was established on 29 August 1949 under the ''Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949''. The seat of the court is at Jodhpur. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 50. ...

Career

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Govind Mathur was appointed additional judge of

on 2 September 2004. He was promoted to permanent judge on 29 May 2006. on 21 November 2017 he was transferred to

.
On 24 October 2018, being the senior most Justice of court, he was appointed acting Chief Justice of the

. On 10 November 2018, he was appointed Chief Justice of

. On 14 November 2018, he took oath as Chief Justice of

. He retired on 13 April 2021. Justice Mathur frequently adopted a pro-human rights, pro-privacy, and pro-free speech approach while deciding issues and believed in the Court's duty as a guardian of fundamental rights.

References

Judges of the Allahabad High Court Living people 1959 births Place of birth missing (living people) Judges of the Rajasthan High Court Chief Justices of the Allahabad High Court 21st-century Indian judges {{India-law-bio-stub