Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari became Permanent Judge Chief Justice of Bilaspur High Court | Chhattisgarh | 01 Aug 2023

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On July 31, 2023, Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court Ramesh Sinha administered the oath of office to Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari as a permanent judge in the Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur.

Key Points:

• It is worth mentioning that Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari was appointed as Additional Judge in Chhattisgarh High Court on October 08, 2021.
• On July 28, 2023, a notification regarding the appointment of Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari as a permanent judge was issued by the Department of Law and Legislative Affairs, New Delhi.
• It is known that Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari was born on January 11, 1964 in Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh). His father Late Ram Kumar Tiwari retired from the post of entomologist.
• He did B.Com from Durga College, Raipur, LLB from Sau Kusum Tai Dabke Law College, Raipur Chhattisgarh and LLM from Chhattisgarh College, Raipur.
• He was the first student to do LLM in Constitutional Law from Pt. RaviShankar Shukla University, Raipur in the year 1987.
• Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari started his judicial career in 1990 as Civil Judge, Class-II. The first posting took place in Jagdalpur. After this he was posted in Sarangarh. Posted as Civil Judge, Class-I at Janjgir and thereafter as CJM Rajnandgaon.
• Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari served as a District & Sessions Judge in Rajnandgaon and Balod. He was the first District and Sessions Judge of Balod District.
• Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari had also served as the Additional Director of the Chhattisgarh State Judicial Academy.
• He has also served as Additional Registrar (Classification), Registrar (Inspection & Inquiry) and Registrar Vigilance in the Chhattisgarh High Court.