Justice Ravindra Maithani (born 25 June 1965, in

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) is an Indian Judge at the

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since December 2018. He is due to retire not earlier than June 2027.

Career

Maithani obtained his

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and

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from Garhwal University at

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. Thereafter, he joined the Judicial services of the undivided

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state in 1986 and worked at various district-level courts. Maithani has also been Deputy Director of the Institute of Judicial Training Research at

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, a Member of the Uttarakhand Trade Tax Tribunal and an Additional Director at the Uttarakhand Judicial & Legal Academy,

. In March 2009, he was appointed the Registrar General of the

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post which he was sent to the

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as Registrar in September 2010. Maithani was also the Secretary General of the Indian Supreme Court from May 2013 till November 2014. A

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Collegium consisting of Justices

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and Kurian Joseph recommended his name to the

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in October 2018 for appointment as a Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court. Maithani assumed charge of his office on 3 December 2018. The oath was administered to him by Chief Justice

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Notable judgements

* In December 2020, a Division Bench of Uttarakhand High Court with Justices Ravi Malimath and Maithani on it directed the local administration of tourist destinations

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and

to test every incoming tourist for

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before permitting them entry. * A Single Bench of the High Court led by him cancelled

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against a journalist who had made corruption allegations against the-then

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in October 2020. It also demanded all case-related documents to be submitted to the Court and ordered an enquiry by the

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. * Maithani was part of a Division Bench of the High Court along with Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia which asked the

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to consider paying half of the Minimum Support Price due to the wheat farmers of the state in April 2020. This was in view of the urgency created by the

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References

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