Permod Kohli (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of

Sikkim High Court The Sikkim High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhuta ...

Career

Kohli was born at

Rajouri Rajouri or Rajauri (; ; ) is a city in the Rajouri district in the Jammu division of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It is located about from Srinagar and from Jammu (city), Jammu city on ...

in 1951. He graduated from Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College and passed Law from

University of Jammu The University of Jammu informally known as Jammu University (JU), accredited as A++ grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), was established in 1969 by an act of the state legislature which effectively split the Jammu and ...

in 1972. He was appointed Additional Advocate General, later Advocate General of

Jammu Jammu () is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute ...

. On 7 January 2003 Kohli was appointed additional Judge of the

Jammu and Kashmir High Court The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh is the common high court for union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. It was established as the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on 26 March 1928 by the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. The s ...

. Thereafter he was transferred to the Jharkhand High Court in 2006. He also became the judge of

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 ...

on 10 May 2007. On 12 December 2011, Justice Kohli was elevated to the post of the Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court. After the retirement he was appointed the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).

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1951 births Living people 20th-century Indian judges Judges of the Jharkhand High Court Chief justices of the Sikkim High Court Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court People from Rajouri district University of Jammu alumni {{India-law-bio-stub