Hrishikesh Roy (born 1 February 1960) is a former judge of the

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. He is former Chief Justice of the

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. He is also former judge of the

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Career

In 1982, Roy earned a

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from the

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. He was initially enrolled under the Bar Council of

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thereafter shifted to

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

. He served as the senior government advocate for the State of

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, standing counsel for the

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and

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Autonomous Council. He was designated as senior advocate of

on 21 December 2004. Roy became an additional judge of Gauhati High Court on 12 October 2006 and permanent judge on 15 July 2008. In his career he was the Executive Head of the Assam State Legal Services Authority and nominated as a member of the National Judicial Academic Council presided by the

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Chief justice of High Court

On 29 May 2018, Roy was transferred from the Gauhati High Court to

as the acting chief justice. He became the permanent chief justice of the High Court on 8 August 2018 after the retirement of Justice Antony Dominic.

Supreme Court of India

He was elevated as one of the sitting judges of the

on 23 September 2019 and retired on 31 January 2025.

References

{{Authority control 1960 births Living people 21st-century Indian judges 21st-century Indian lawyers Chief justices of the Kerala High Court Delhi University alumni Judges of the Gauhati High Court Justices of the Supreme Court of India People from Gangtok Faculty of Law, University of Delhi alumni