Amreshwar Pratap Sahi
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{{short description|Former Chief Justice of Madras High Court}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice Retd.
| name = Amreshwar Pratap Sahi
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Chief Justice of Madras High Court
| term_start = 11 November 2019
| term_end = 31 December 2020
| nominator = Ranjan Gogoi
| appointer = Ram Nath Kovind
| governor = Banwarilal Purohit
| predecessor = Vineet Kothari (acting)
| successor = Sanjib Banerjee
| office1 = Chief Justice of Patna High Court
| term_start1 = 17 November 2018
| term_end1 = 10 November 2019
| nominator1 = Ranjan Gogoi
| appointer1 = Ram Nath Kovind
| predecessor1 = Mukesh Shah
| successor1 = Sanjay Karol
| office2 = Judge of Allahabad High Court
| term_start2 = 24 September 2004
| term_end2 = 16 November 2018
| appointer2 = A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
| governor1 = Lalji Tandon
| nominator2 = Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|01|01|df=y}}
}}
Amreshwar Pratap Sahi (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian judge.{{Cite web|url=http://doj.gov.in/appointment-of-judges/list-high-court-judges|title=List of High Court Judges {{!}} Department of Justice {{!}} Ministry of Law & Justice {{!}} GoI|website=doj.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2018-10-25}} He is former Chief Justice of Madras High Court, and Patna High Court and Judge of Allahabad High Court.
Career
Sahi graduated in law in year 1985, and enrolled as an advocate of the Allahabad high court on September 6, 1985, where he practiced civil and constitutional matters.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/justice-a-p-sahi-sworn-in-as-chief-justice-of-patna-hc/articleshow/66667165.cms|title=Justice A P Sahi sworn in as chief justice of Patna HC|date=November 17, 2018|newspaper=The Times of India|author=PTI|access-date=December 1, 2018}} He became an additional judge of the Allahabad high court on September 24, 2004 and was confirmed as permanent judge on August 18, 2005.
On 23 October, he was appointed senior most judge of Allahabad High Court. On 10 November 2018, he was appointed chief justice of Patna High Court,{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/a-p-sahi-new-cj-of-patna-high-court/articleshow/66571023.cms|title=A P Sahi new Chief Justice of Patna high court|author=Debashish Karmakar|date=November 11, 2018|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=December 1, 2018}} and was sworn in on 17 November 2018.
On 11 November 2019, he took oath as chief justice of Madras High Court. He retired on 31 December 2020.
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Category:Chief justices of the Patna High Court
Category:Judges of the Allahabad High Court
Category:21st-century Indian judges
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