Devinder Kumar Jain (born 25 January 1948; mostly known as D. K. Jain) is a former Indian judge. He is former judge of

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. He is also a former chief justice of the

Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Pe ...

and a judge of the

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Early life and career

Jain was born on 25 January 1948. After completing a

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and

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, he enrolled as an advocate at Delhi on 9 August 1974. He was appointed the additional judge of the

on 19 March 1991 and became a permanent judge from 23 January 1992. He was promoted as Chief Justice of

on 11 March 2005. He was elevated as a judge of the

on 10 April 2006. He retired from the Supreme Court on 24 January 2013. He delivered 135 judgments during his tenure. He was appointed the first court-appointed ombudsman for the

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on 29 February 2019.

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