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{{short description|Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court}}<br />
'''Justice Ravi Shankar Jha''' (born 14 October 1961) is an Indian judge. Presently, he is [[Chief Justice]] of [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]]. He is former [[Chief justice|Acting Chief Justice]] of [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/justice-ravi-shanker-jha-acting-chief-justice-madhya-pradesh-hc-appointment-justice-akil-kureshi-notified|title=Justice Ravi Shanker Jha appointed Acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh HC; Appointment of Justice Akil Kureshi yet to be notified|last=Krishnan|first=Murali|date=7 June 2019|work=Bar & Bench|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/latest-notification-07-06-2019_0.pdf|title=Order of Appointment of Shri Justice Ravi shanker Jha, as acting Chief Justice M.P High Court ( 07 June 2019)|last=|first=|date=7 June 2019|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=7 June 2019|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name=Ravi Shankar Jha<br />
|office=[[Chief justice|Chief Justice]] of [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]]<br />
|termstart=6 October 2019<br />
|termend=<br />
|appointer=[[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
|nominator=[[Ranjan Gogoi]]<br />
|office1=[[Chief Justice|Acting Chief Justice]] of [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]]<br />
|termstart1=10 June 2019<br />
|termend1=5 October 2019<br />
|appointer1=[[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
|office2=[[Judge]] of [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]]<br />
|termstart2=18 October 2005<br />
|termend2=9 June 2019<br />
|nominator2=[[Ramesh Chandra Lahoti]]<br />
|appointer2=[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br />
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1961|10|14|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place=<br />
|honorific_prefix=Hon'ble Chief Justice<br />
|alma_mater=[[Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
He obtained his Law Degree in year 1986 from [[Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya]], [[Jabalpur]]. He was enrolled as an [[Advocate]] on 20 September 1986 with the State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh and joined the chamber of Shri [[P. P. Naolekar]] in the year 1986. He practiced in [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]] since the day of enrollment. He was elevated as Additional [[Judge]] of [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]] on 18 October 2005 and became Permanent [[Judge]] on 2 February 2007. He was appointed as [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]] on 10 June 2019 after retirement of [[Chief Justice]] [[Sanjay Kumar Seth]]. He was appointed as [[Chief Justice]] of [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] on 6 October 2019.<br />
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[[Category:Indian judges]]<br />
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