Vikram Nath
Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
Vikram Nath (born 24 September 1962) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Gujarat High Court and former judge of the Allahabad High Court. He was earlier recommended as chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court but the centre disapproved the recommendation. He is the first chief justice of a High Court in India to livestream its proceedings on YouTube during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Also, he is the ex officio executive chairman of National Legal Services Authority.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court on 31 August 2021. He is scheduled to become the 54th Chief Justice of India, if the convention of seniority is followed.
Early life and career
Vikram Nath was born on 24 September 1962 in a middle-class family in Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh. He followed the footsteps of his paternal ancestry by pursuing law as a subject and is currently the 4th generation to do so. Born and raised at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
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