{"id":345892,"date":"2025-04-16T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=345892"},"modified":"2025-04-16T12:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T07:16:14","slug":"know-thy-judge-justice-rajesh-bindal-career-important-judgments-sc-legal-news-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/04\/16\/know-thy-judge-justice-rajesh-bindal-career-important-judgments-sc-legal-news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Rajesh Bindal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Law is not static; it goes with the society. You should keep your eyes and ears open to see what is happening in the society.”1<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

– Justice Rajesh Bindal<\/p>\n

Elevated to the Supreme Court in 2023, Justice Rajesh Bindal has an expansive wealth of experience and wisdom that he gained during a long tenure as an advocate and equally lengthy tenure as Judge and later Chief Justice of the High Courts of Punjab and Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Calcutta, Allahabad.<\/p>\n

Early Life, Education and Advocacy<\/p>\n

Born on 16-04-1961, at Ambala City in Haryana, Justice Rajesh Bindal did his LL. B from Kurukshetra University in 1985 and joined the legal profession in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in September 19852<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

During his tenure as an advocate, Justice Bindal represented the Income-tax Department, Haryana region before the High Court; Chandigarh Administration before Central Administrative Tribunal for more than a decade till 2004 and Punjab & Haryana regions of Employees Provident Fund Organization before the High Court and Central Administrative Tribunal from 1992 till his elevation as Judge. Furthermore, he represented the State of Haryana, in settlement of the dispute concerning Satluj Yamuna Water with State of Punjab before Eradi Tribunal and the Supreme Court3<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Judgeship of the High Courts4<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Justice Bindal was elevated as a Judge of High Court of Punjab & Haryana on 22-03-2006. Subsequently in 2018 he was transferred to the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and, in 2020 was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice<\/a> of the Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.<\/p>\n

Did You Know?<\/span> During his tenure as a Judge in Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Bindal disposed of around 80,000 cases!<\/span><\/p>\n

Further on Justice Bindal was transferred<\/a> to the High Court at Calcutta and was later sworn in as the Chief Justice<\/a> of the High Court at Calcutta with effect from 29-04-2021. On 11-10-2021, Justice Bindal took oath as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court of India<\/p>\n

Justice Rajesh Bindal’s elevation was recommended<\/a> by the Supreme Court Collegium on 31-01-2023. The recommendation was approved by the President of India and with a notification dated 10-02-2023, the Ministry of Law and Justice, notified the appointment<\/a> of Justice Bindal to the Supreme Court. Justice Rajesh Bindal took oath<\/a> as a Supreme Court Judge on 13-02-2023.<\/p>\n

Chairmanship of various Committees5<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n