Rajiv Gupta is the Chairman of the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission and was the Chief Justice of the

Chhattisgarh High Court The Chhattisgarh High Court is one of the High Courts in India located at Village Bodri, Bilaspur with jurisdiction over the state of Chhattisgarh. It was established on 1 November 2000 with the creation of New state of Chhattisgarh upon th ...

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and Kerala High Court.

Early life and education

Rajiv Gupta was born at

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on 10 October 1950. He completed his

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from Jiwaji University, Gwalior.

Career

Rajiv Gupta started practice in

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in November 1973 and continued to practise there till 1994. He was appointed Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in September 1994. He assumed charge as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court on 27 April 2005. He was then transferred to

High Court of Uttarakhand The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The building of Uttarakhand High Court was constructed by Santoni MacDonald in 1900. The Uttarakhand State was carved out from the State of Uttar Pradesh on ...

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and he assumed charge on 14 January 2006. Later on he was transferred to Chhattisgarh High Court on 2 February 2008. He replaced Justice Jagdish Bhalla, who has been transferred to

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. In October 2012, he was appointed the Chairman of the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Rajiv Living people Chief Justices of Chhattisgarh High Court 20th-century Indian judges Justices of the Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justices of the Kerala High Court Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court 20th-century Indian lawyers People from Gwalior 1950 births