Vinod Kumar Gupta also known as V. K. Gupta (born 10 September 1947) is a retired Indian Judge and first Chief Justice of the

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Career

Gupta completed his early education in

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and

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, Jammu and Kashmir. He passed

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. from

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and in 1970 he started practice in

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. In his lawyer's career Gupta served as Advocate General of

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, Senior Central Government Standing Counsel of

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. He associated with the Bar council activities, held the offices of Bar President and Secretary. In 1990, Gupta was elevated as Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He was transferred to

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in 1996 and was appointed Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court in 15 November 2000. He took oath as the first permanent Chief Justice of this High Court on 5 December 2000. Thereafter Justice Gupta joined as the Chief Justice of

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in 2003. Before the retirement he also held the post of the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court since 2 February 2008 to 9 September 2009.

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