Rajendra Menon is an Indian judge. Presently, he is

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. He is former Chief Justice of

Delhi High Court The High Court of Delhi ( Hindustani: दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय; ''dillī uchcha nyāyālaya'') is the high court in Delhi, India. It was established on 31 October 1966, through the ''Delhi High Court Act, 1966. ...

. He was born on 7 June 1957 and hails from

Jabalpur Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the 3rd-largest urban agglomeration of the state and the 38th-largest of the country. Jabalpur is the administrative h ...

, in

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. He was a

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and later the Acting Chief Justice of the

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, and later the Chief Justice of the

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Education

He completed his school education from Christ Church Boys Senior Secondary School,

. He then pursued a degree in science from the Government Science College, Jabalpur. In the year 1981, he completed his

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from NES Law College,

Career

Rajendra Menon practiced law in the office of Senior

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P. Sadasivan Nair. Until his elevation to the Bench, he was Standing

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for

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from 1991. He also represented several private and

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undertakings and other private entities.

Judgeship

Rajendra Menon was elevated to the

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Bench of the

as an Additional

on 1 April 2002. In 2008, he got posted at the Principal Bench at

, until his elevation as the Chief Justice of the

on 15 March 2017. He was transferred as the Chief Justice of

on 9 August 2018. He retired on 6 June 2019. He was recommended as the Chairperson of the

(AFT) in September 2019 by

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. He was appointed

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on 6 November 2019 by

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Living people 1957 births Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief justices of the Patna High Court 21st-century Indian judges People from Jabalpur {{india-law-bio-stub