Rajesh Bindal

Rajesh Bindal (born 16 April 1961) is a judge of Supreme Court of India. He is the former chief justice of Allahabad High Court. He has also earlier served as the acting chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court and the Calcutta High Court.

Rajesh Bindal
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 February 2023
Nominated by	Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
48th Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court
In office 11 October 2021 – 12 February 2023
Nominated by	N. V. Ramana
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Sanjay Yadav
Succeeded by	Pritinker Diwaker
Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
In office 29 April 2021 – 10 October 2021
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	T. B. Radhakrishnan
Judge of the Calcutta High Court
In office 5 January 2021 – 28 April 2021
Nominated by	Sharad Arvind Bobde
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Acting Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court
In office 9 December 2020 – 4 January 2021
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Gita Mittal
Succeeded by	Pankaj Mithal
Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court
In office 19 November 2018 – 8 December 2020
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
In office 22 March 2006 – 18 November 2018
Nominated by	Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born	(1961-04-16) 16 April 1961 (age 64) Ambala, Punjab, India (present-day Haryana)
Alma mater	Kurukshetra University

Career

Bindal was appointed a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2006.^[1] On 11 November, he was recommended for a transfer to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the common high court for the union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.^[2]

On 9 December 2020, Bindal was appointed by the President of India to serve as the acting chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court following the retirement of Gita Mittal.^[3] On 5 January 2021, following the elevation of Justice Pankaj Mithal as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Bindal was transferred as a Judge to the Calcutta High Court.^[4] Following the retirement of T. B. Radhakrishnan, he was appointed by the president to serve as the acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on 29 April.^[5]

He was elevated as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on 9 October 2021 and took oath on 11 October 2021.

Notable judgements

Promotion reservations

Bindal was on the two judge bench along with justice B.S. Walia which quashed the Punjab Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes (Reservation in Services) Act, 2006. The legislation granted 20% reservations in promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in C and D category government services and 14% in A and B category government services.^[6]