Rajiv Gupta (judge)

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Rajiv Gupta is the former chairman of the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission and was the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Uttarakhand High Court and Kerala High Court.

Justice Rajiv Gupta
Chairman, Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission
In office 19 November 2012 – 19 November 2017
Preceded by	Y.K.S. Thakur
Succeeded by	Mahendra Pal Singhal
Chief Justice, Chhattisgarh High Court
In office 2 February 2008 – 9 October 2012
Succeeded by	Yatindra Singh
Chief Justice, Uttarakhand High Court
In office 14 January 2006 – 1 February 2008
Preceded by	Prakash Chandra Verma (acting)
Succeeded by	Vinod Kumar Gupta
Chief Justice, Kerala High Court
In office 27 April 2005 – 13 January 2006
Preceded by	B. Subhashan Reddy
Succeeded by	V. K. Bali
Judge, Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office September 1994 – April 2005
Personal details
Born	(1950-10-10) 10 October 1950 Gwalior, Madhya Bharat, India
Citizenship	Indian
Nationality	India
Alma mater	Jiwaji University
Website	hrc.cg.gov.in

Early life and education

Rajiv Gupta was born at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh on 10 October 1950. He completed his LL.B. from Jiwaji University, Gwalior.

Career

Rajiv Gupta started practice in Madhya Pradesh High Court in November 1973 and continued to practise there till 1994. He was appointed Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in September 1994. He assumed charge as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court on 27 April 2005. He was then transferred to High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital and he assumed charge on 14 January 2006. Later on he was transferred to Chhattisgarh High Court on 2 February 2008. He replaced Justice Jagdish Bhalla, who has been transferred to Himachal Pradesh High Court. In October 2012, he was appointed the Chairman of the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission and served there till 19 November 2017.