Vijay Kumar Bist (born: 17 September 1957) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of

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and former

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Career

Bist was born in Lansdown,

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, in

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. He passed from Intermediate College Kanskhet, Pauri Garhwal and completed

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. from

Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

. He started practice under Mr. S.P. Gupta, Senior Advocate from 1984 in the various courts of

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as well as

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. In his lawyer career, Bist was the Legal advisor and Standing Counsel of Allahabad University, North Eastern Railway, various Corporations, Housing Federation, Development Authority like government undertaking institutions. After the formation of the Uttarakhand, he shifted to Nainital and also served as panel advocate of Uttarakhand State Government in the

. Bist was elevated as Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court on 1 November 2008. On 30 October 2018 Justice Bist was appointed the Chief Justice of

. He retired on 16 September 2019.

References

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