Sanjay Karol
Sanjay Karol is serving as a judge in Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Patna High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as judge and acting chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. He also served as Advocate General of Himachal Pradesh.
Career
Sanjay Karol was born in Shimla in 1961. He passed from St. Edward's School, Shimla and graduated with History Honours from Government College, Sanjauli. Sanjay Karol obtained a law degree from Faculty of Law, [Himachal Pradesh University|Faculty of law, Himachal Pradesh University] and in 1983 he was enrolled as an advocate, practiced in various courts.He was appointed as Advocate general for Himachal Pradesh in 1998 when Prem Kumar Dhumal became chief minister following 1998 [Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]. He was appointed as judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court in 2007 and also served as its Acting Chief Justice of that High Court from 25 April 2017 till appointment of Surya Kant as permanent chief justice on 5 October 2018. Justice Karol became the fourth Chief Justice of Tripura High Court on 14 November 2018. He was transferred as Chief Justice of Patna High Court on 11 November 2019.
He was recommended by Supreme Court collegium to be elevated as judge of Supreme Court of India on 13 December 2022.However central government cleared his appointment only in February 2023 and he took oath on 6 February 2023.