Virender Singh (judge) (born 7 October 1954) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of High Court of Jharkhand High Court.
Career
Singh passed from Government College,
Rohtak and completed his Degree of
Law from J. V. Jain College,
Saharanpur
Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district.
Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti.
Saharanpur is declared as on ...
. He started practice from June 1978 in Rohatak. Singh was appointed Deputy Advocate General,
Haryana in 1995. On 2 July 2002 he was appointed Judge of
Punjab and Haryana High Court thereafter transferred to
Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 19 April 2007. He served as acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court from 2 April 2012 to 8 June 2012. Justice Singh became the Chief Justice of
Jharkhand High Court on 1 November 2014 and retired on 7 October 2016. After the retirement he was appointed the Chairperson of the
Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) on 3 January 2017.
References
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1954 births
Living people
Indian judges
Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Chief Justices of the Jharkhand High Court
21st-century Indian lawyers
21st-century Indian judges