Sanjay Karol
{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1961)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Judge
| name = Sanjay Karol
| image = Justice Sanjay Karol.jpg
| caption =
| office = Judge of the Supreme Court of India
| termstart = 6 February 2023
| termend =
| appointer = Droupadi Murmu
| nominator = Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
| office1 = 43rd Chief Justice of the Patna High Court
| appointer1 = Ram Nath Kovind
| nominator1 = Ranjan Gogoi
| termstart1 = 11 November 2019
| termend1 = 5 February 2023
| office2 = Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court
| termstart2 = 14 November 2018
| termend2 = 10 November 2019
| nominator2 = Ranjan Gogoi
| appointer2 = Ram Nath Kovind
| office3 = Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court
| status3 =
| termstart3 = 8 March 2007
| termend3 = 13 November 2018
{{small| Acting CJ : 25 April 2017 - 5 October 2018}}
| appointer3 = A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
| office4 = Advocate General of Himachal Pradesh
| termstart4 = 30 March 1998
| termend4 = 1 March 2003
| nominator4 =
| appointer4 = V. S. Ramadevi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|08|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Shimla
| alma_mater = St. Edward's School, Shimla
Himachal Pradesh University
| predecessor1 = Amreshwar Pratap Sahi
| successor1 = K. Vinod Chandran
| predecessor2 = Ajay Rastogi
| successor2 = Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi
| nominator3 = K. G. Balakrishnan
| predecessor4 = Chhabil Dass
| successor4 = M. S. Chandel
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata4 = Prem Kumar Dhumal
}}
Sanjay Karol (born 23 August 1961) is a judge of the 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.{{Cite web |title=ADVOCATE GENERAL HIMACHAL PRADESH |url=https://advocategeneral.hp.gov.in/profile-list |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=advocategeneral.hp.gov.in}}
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 and in 1983 he was enrolled as an advocate, practiced in various courts. He was appointed an additional judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court and also served as Acting Chief Justice of the High Court from 25 April 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://himachalwatcher.com/2018/10/04/looking-back-at-magnificent-tenure-of-justice-sanjay-karol-at-hp-high-court/|title=Looking back at magnificent tenure of Justice Sanjay Karol at HP High Court|date=4 October 2018 |access-date=6 December 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/two-judges-of-himachal-high-court-take-oath-1130156-2018-01-08|title=Two judges of Himachal High Court take oath|agency=PTI|date=8 January 2018|publisher=India Today|access-date=7 June 2019}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thc.nic.in/CJprofile.html|title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol|access-date=6 December 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sanjay-karol-sworn-in-as-new-chief-justice-of-tripura-hc-118111400983_1.html|title=Sanjay Karol sworn in as new chief justice of Tripura HC|access-date=6 December 2018}}
References
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Category:21st-century Indian judges
Category:Judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court
Category:Chief justices of the Tripura High Court
Category:People from Himachal Pradesh
Category:Himachal Pradesh University alumni