Sanjay Karol (born: 23 August 1961) is a judge of the

Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme judicial authority of India and is the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court, has the final decision in all legal matters ...

. He is a former chief justice of the

Patna High Court The Patna High Court is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on 9 February 1916 and later affiliated under the Government of India Act 1915. The court is based in Patna, the administrative capital of the state of Bihar, ...

and

Tripura High Court The Tripura High Court is the High Court of the state of Tripura. It was established on 23 March 2013, after making suitable amendments in the Constitution of India and North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act, 1971. The seat of the High Cou ...

. He has also served as judge and acting chief justice of the

Himachal Pradesh High Court The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh was born as a result of integration of twenty six Province and four Punjab hill States into a Centrally Administered Area on 15 Ap ...

Career

Karol was born in

Shimla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Himachal Pradesh, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the States and union territories of India, northern Indian state of Himachal Prade ...

in 1961. He passed from St. Edward's School, Shimla and graduated with History Honours from

Government College, Sanjauli Government College, Sanjauli, Shimla-6 is a college located in Sanjauli suburb of Shimla. It is affiliated with Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla, India. It is one of the most famous colleges in Himachal Pradesh. Students of the college are ...

. Karol obtained a law degree from

Faculty of law, Himachal Pradesh University Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) is an Indian public state university at Summer Hill in the state capital city Shimla. It is close to the vicinity of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. It is wholly financed by the government of Himachal ...

and in 1983 he was enrolled as an advocate, practiced in various courts. He was appointed an additional judge of the

and also served as Acting Chief Justice of the High Court from 25 April 2017. Justice Karol became the fourth Chief Justice of

on 14 November 2018. He was transferred as Chief Justice of

on 11 November 2019.

References

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