Mohammad Rafiq (judge)

Justice Mohammad Rafiq (born 25 May 1960) is an Indian Judge. He is a former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court,Orissa High Court,Himachal Pradesh High Court,and ^[1] and Meghalaya High Court and also a former Judge of Rajasthan High Court. Twice, he served as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.^[2] He also served as the Chancellor (ex-officio) of Orissa National Law University,Cuttuck, National Law University, Bhopal, Dharamshastra National Law University, Jabalpur and Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla.

Justice Mohammad Rafiq
Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
In office 14 October 2021 – 24 May 2022
Nominated by	N. V. Ramana
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	L. Narayana Swamy
Succeeded by	Amjad Ahtesham Sayed
Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office 3 January 2021 – 13 October 2021
Nominated by	Sharad Arvind Bobde
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
31st Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
In office 27 April 2020 – 2 January 2021
Nominated by	Sharad Arvind Bobde
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri
Succeeded by	S. Muralidhar
Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
In office 13 November 2019 – 26 April 2020
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Judge of Rajasthan High Court
In office 15 May 2006 – 12 November 2019
Nominated by	Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born	(1960-05-25) 25 May 1960 (age 64) Sujangarh, Churu, Rajasthan
Alma mater	University of Rajasthan

Early life

Rafiq was born in Sujangarh of Churu district in Indian state of Rajasthan.^{[citation needed]} He earned bachelor's degree from G.H.S. Govt. PG College, Sujangarh affiliated to Rajasthan University in 1980. Then, he continued to study Bachelor of Legislative Law (LLB) and received the LLB degree in 1984.^{[citation needed]} He started his career as an advocate shortly after getting LLB degree. He continued to study further and got the master's degree in 1986.^[3]

Career

Rafiq started his career as advocate in 1984 in Rajasthan High Court Jaipur and was later appointed as assistant government advocate on 15 July 1986 and was promoted as Deputy Government Advocate on 22 December 1987.^[4] He was appointed as Central Government Standing Counsel in1992.He was appointed Additional Advocate General of the state of Rajasthan on7th January 1999.On15th May 2006, Rafiq was appointed a Judge of Rajasthan High Court, he has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court twice.^[5]

Rafiq was appointed a Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court on 13 November 2019.^{[citation needed]} He was transferred from Meghalaya High Court to Orissa High Court as the 31st Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and took oath on 27 April 2020.^{[citation needed]} He was then transferred as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 31 December 2020 and took oath on 3 January 2021. He was transferred as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court on 9 October 2021 and took oath on 14 October 2021. He retired on 24 May 2022.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Collegium proposes transfer of Meghalaya HC Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq to Orissa, Biswanath Somadder J. as next Chief Justice of Meghalaya". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
2. "Appointment of Justice Mohammad Rafiq as Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court notified". Bar & Bench. 3 April 2019.
3. "Odisha High Court के मुख्य न्यायाधीश बने जस्टिस मोहम्मद रफीक". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
4. "Justice Mohammad Rafiq appointed new CJ of Meghalaya High Court". syllad.com. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
5. "मोहम्मद रफीक बनें उड़ीसा हाईकोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस". newstrend.news. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.