Virender Singh (judge)

Virender Singh (judge) (born 7 October 1954) is an Indian former judge and former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Singh passed from Government College, Rohtak and completed his Degree of Law from J. V. Jain College, Saharanpur.^{[citation needed]} He started practice from June 1978 in Rohatak. Singh was appointed Deputy Advocate General, Haryana in 1995. On 2 July 2002 he was appointed Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court thereafter transferred to Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 19 April 2007.^{[citation needed]} He served as acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court from 2 April 2012 to 8 June 2012.^[1] Justice Singh became the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court on 1 November 2014 and retired on 7 October 2016.^[2] After the retirement he was appointed the Chairperson of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) on 3 January 2017.^[3][4]