Navin Sinha is a former judge of the

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. Sinha was elevated as a judge of the Patna High Court before serving as chief justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court and after that as the chief justice of the

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before being elevated to the Supreme Court.

Early life and education

Sinha was born on 19 August 1957 in a

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family. He was born in a family of lawyers/administrators. Sinha did his schooling at

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, and passed out in 1972. He moved on to New Delhi to do his graduation from Hindu College, Delhi and did his

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from the Campus Law Centre of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, in 1979.

Career

Sinha joined bar on 26 July 1979 and practised for 23 years primarily at

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and specialised in civil, constitutional, labour, service, commercial, company, criminal laws. He was elevated as a judge there. He was made a permanent judge of Patna High Court on 4 February 2004. He was transferred to the Chhattisgarh High Court on 9 July 2014. Sinha was sworn in as the new chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court on May 14, 2016. He was administered the oath as the 31st chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court by Governor Kalyan Singh.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinha, Navin 1956 births Living people Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court Judges of the Patna High Court 20th-century Indian lawyers Chief justices of Chhattisgarh High Court 20th-century Indian judges Chief justices of the Rajasthan High Court Justices of the Supreme Court of India Faculty of Law, University of Delhi alumni