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Dipak Misra

दीपक मिश्रा

Dipak Misra is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. He is also a former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court.

BORN

3 October 1953

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Key facts

Born
3 October 1953, Cuttack
State of birth
Cuttack, Odisha
Sector
Law & judiciary
Profession
45th Chief Justice of India
Gender
Male

Biography

Dipak Misra is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. He is also a former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court. He is the nephew of Justice Ranganath Misra, the 21st Chief Justice of India from 1990 to 1991.

Summary based on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed by the RochakDuniya editorial team.

Timeline

  1. 1953Born in Cuttack
  2. 2008Becomes chief justice
  3. 2009Becomes chief justice
  4. 2017Becomes Chief Justice of India
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