Hrishikesh Roy
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1960)}}
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| name = Hrishikesh Roy
| office = Judge of the Supreme Court of India
| appointer = Ram Nath Kovind
| nominator = Ranjan Gogoi
| termstart = 23 September 2019
| office1 = 35th Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
| termstart1 = 8 August 2018
| termend1 = 22 September 2019
{{small|Acting CJ: 30 May 2018 – 7 August 2018}}
| appointer1 = Ram Nath Kovind
| nominator1 = Dipak Misra
| office2 = Judge of the Gauhati High Court
| termstart2 = 12 October 2006
| termend2 = 29 May 2018
| nominator2 = Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
| appointer2 = A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|02|01}}
| birth_place = Guwahati, Assam, India
| alma_mater = University of Delhi
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| nationality = {{flagicon|IND}} Indian
| website = {{URL|www.sci.gov.in}}
| successor1 = S. Manikumar
| predecessor1 = Antony Dominic
| term_end = 31 January 2025
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Justice (Retd.)
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Hrishikesh Roy (born 1 February 1960) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/kerala-cj-elevated-to-supreme-court/articleshow/71190231.cms | title=Kerala CJ Hrishikesh Roy elevated to Supreme Court | work=The Times of India | date=18 September 2019 | accessdate=25 April 2021}} He is former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.{{cite web | url=http://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/Orders%20of%20appointment%20of%20Shri%20Justice%20Hrishikesh%20Roy%2C%20Judge%20as%20CJ%20Kerala%20HC%20%2803.08.2018%29.pdf | title=Appointment order - No. K 13024/5/2018-US.I | date=3 August 2018 | publisher=Government of India, Ministry of Law and Justice | accessdate=7 June 2019 }} He is also former judge of the Gauhati High Court.
Career
In 1982, Roy earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Delhi. He was initially enrolled under the Bar Council of Delhi thereafter shifted to Guwahati. He served as the senior government advocate for the State of Arunachal Pradesh, standing counsel for the Assam State Electricity Board and Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council.{{Cite web|url=https://www.livelaw.in/justice-hrishikesh-roy-appointed-as-chief-justice-of-kerala-high-court-read-notification/|title=Justice Hrishikesh Roy Appointed As Chief Justice Of Kerala High Court|date=4 August 2018 |access-date=25 November 2018}} He was designated as senior advocate of Gauhati High Court on 21 December 2004. Roy became an additional judge of Gauhati High Court on 12 October 2006 and permanent judge on 15 July 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://ghcitanagar.gov.in/Judges7.html|title=ITANAGAR PERMANENT BENCH|access-date=25 November 2018}} In his career he was the Executive Head of the Assam State Legal Services Authority and nominated as a member of the National Judicial Academic Council presided by the Chief Justice of India.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}
Chief justice of High Court
On 29 May 2018, Roy was transferred from the Gauhati High Court to Kerala High Court as the acting chief justice.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legaleraonline.com/news/justice-hrishikesh-roy-appointed-as-kerala-hc-acting-chief-justice|title=Justice Hrishikesh Roy Appointed As Kerala HC Acting Chief Justice|access-date=25 November 2018}} He became the permanent chief justice of the High Court on 8 August 2018 after the retirement of Justice Antony Dominic.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}
Supreme Court of India
He was elevated as one of the sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India on 23 September 2019 {{Cite web|url=http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/hr.html|title=JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY|website=highcourtofkerala.nic.in|access-date=25 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/hrishikesh-roy-to-be-sworn-in-as-cj-on-aug-8/states/news/1310487.html|title=Hrishikesh Roy to be sworn in as CJ on Aug 8|access-date=25 November 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/hrishikesh-roy-likely-to-be-kerala-cj/article24019198.ece|title=Hrishikesh Roy likely to be Kerala CJ|newspaper=The Hindu|date=28 May 2018 |access-date=25 November 2018}} and retired on 31 January 2025.
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