Deepak Gupta (born 7 May 1955) is a former Judge of

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and former Chief Justice of

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and Chhattisgarh High Court. He has also served as a Judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court, serving as the head of its green bench.

Early life

Justice Gupta was born into a family of lawyers hailing from

Shimla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Himachal Pradesh, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the States and union territories of India, northern Indian state of Himachal Prade ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peak ...

. He did his schooling from

St. Edward's School, Shimla , motto_translation = "Follow the Light" , established = , founders = Irish Christian Brothers , oversight = Simla Chandigarh Diocese , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic , clos ...

. He started practicing in the Himachal Pradesh High court in 1978 after completing his LL.B. from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.

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. He took oath as the first Chief Justice of the newly formed

on 23 March 2013, in the process becoming the first judge from

to be directly appointed the Chief Justice of another state. He was transferred to the Chhattisgarh High Court and was sworn in as the Chief Justice on 16 May 2016. He was elevated as a judge of the

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. He retired on 6 May 2020.

References

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