Deepak Gupta (judge)

Deepak Gupta (born 7 May 1955) is a former Judge of Supreme Court of India and former Chief Justice of Tripura High Court and Chhattisgarh High Court. He has also served as a Judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court, serving as the head of its green bench.[1]

Hon'ble Retd. Justice

Deepak Gupta
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office
15 February 2017 – 6 May 2020
Nominated byJagdish Singh Khehar
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
In office
16 May 2016 – 14 February 2017
Nominated byT. S. Thakur
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Chief Justice of Tripura High Court
In office
23 March 2013 – 15 May 2016
Nominated byAltamas Kabir
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court
In office
4 October 2004 – 22 March 2013
Nominated byRamesh Chandra Lahoti
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born (1955-05-07) 7 May 1955
Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
OccupationJudge

Early life

Justice Gupta was born in to a family of lawyers hailing from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. He did his schooling from St. Edward's School, Shimla. He started practicing in the Himachal Pradesh High court in 1978 after completing his LL.B. from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.[1][2]

Career

He served as an advocate at the Himachal Pradesh High Court and was also the President of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Bar Association between 2002 and 2003. He took oath as a judge at the Himachal High Court on 4 October 2004. Justice Gupta served as the head of the court's green bench and also served as the Acting Chief Justice of the Himachal High Court twice in 2007. He was also the president of the Himachal Pradesh Judicial Academy and the Executive Chairman of the Himachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority.[3][4]

He took oath as the first Chief Justice of the newly formed Tripura High Court on 23 March 2013, in the process becoming the first judge from Himachal Pradesh to be directly appointed as the Chief Justice of another state. He was transferred to the Chhattisgarh High Court and was the sworn in as the Chief Justice on 16 May 2016.[3][5][6]

He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India and sworn in on 17 February 2017. On 5 June 2017, in an unprecedented situation, he heard and disposed of 33 cases on a single day; he held the court alone as his colleague Mohan Shantanagoudar, who was to head the bench reported unwell.[1][7] He was retired on 6 May 2020.

References
  1. "A Look At The 5 Newly Appointed Supreme Court Judges". BloombergQuint. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. "Nurpur's Deepak Gupta is SC Judge". The Tribune. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, The Chief Justice". Tripura High Court. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. "Justice Gupta elevated as CJ Tripura HC". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. "Justice Deepak Gupta elevated as the first Chief Justice of the newly established Tripura High Court". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. "Justice Deepak Gupta sworn-in as Chief Justice of C'garh HC". Business Standard. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. "Single-judge court in Supreme Court disposes 33 cases in a single day". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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