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Deepak Gupta (judge)

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{{short description|Former Judge of Supreme Court of India}}
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| name = Deepak Gupta
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| office = [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]]
| term_start = 15 February 2017
| term_end = 6 May 2020
| nominator =[[Jagdish Singh Khehar]]
| appointer = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|office1=[[Chief Justice]] of [[Chhattisgarh High Court]]
|nominator1=[[T. S. Thakur]]
|appointer1=[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|termstart1=16 May 2016
|termend1=14 February 2017
|office2=[[Chief Justice]] of [[Tripura High Court]]
|nominator2=[[Altamas Kabir]]
|appointer2=[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|termstart2=23 March 2013
|termend2=15 May 2016
|office3=[[Judge]] of [[Himachal Pradesh High Court]]
|nominator3=[[Ramesh Chandra Lahoti]]
|appointer3=[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
|termstart3=4 October 2004
|termend3=22 March 2013
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| birth_place = [[Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh]]
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| nationality = [[Indian citizen|Indian]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]]
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'''Deepak Gupta''' (born 7 May 1955) is a former [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]] and former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Tripura High Court]] and [[Chhattisgarh High Court]]. He has also served as a [[Judge]] of [[Himachal Pradesh High Court]], serving as the head of its green bench.<ref name="BQ">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/2017/02/17/a-look-at-the-5-newly-appointed-supreme-court-judges |title=A Look At The 5 Newly Appointed Supreme Court Judges |publisher= [[BloombergQuint]] |accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Justice Gupta was born in to a family of lawyers hailing from [[Shimla]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]. He did his schooling from [[St. Edward's School, Shimla]]. He started practicing in the Himachal Pradesh High court in 1978 after completing his [[LL.B]]. from the [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]].<ref name="BQ" /><ref name="TR">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/community/nurpur-s-deepak-gupta-is-sc-judge/363291.html |title=Nurpur’s Deepak Gupta is SC Judge |work= [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref>

== Career ==
He served as an advocate at the Himachal Pradesh High Court and was also the President of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Bar Association between 2002 and 2003. He took oath as a judge at the Himachal High Court on 4 October 2004. Justice Gupta served as the head of the court's green bench and also served as the Acting Chief Justice of the Himachal High Court twice in 2007. He was also the president of the Himachal Pradesh Judicial Academy and the Executive Chairman of the Himachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority.<ref name="THC">{{cite web|url=http://thc.nic.in/FCJprofile.html |title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta, The Chief Justice |publisher= [[Tripura High Court]] |accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/justice-gupta-elevated-as-cj-tripura-hc/ |title=Justice Gupta elevated as CJ Tripura HC |work= [[The Indian Express]] |accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref>

He took oath as the first Chief Justice of the newly formed [[Tripura High Court]] on 23 March 2013, in the process becoming the first judge from [[Himachal Pradesh]] to be directly appointed as the Chief Justice of another state. He was transferred to the [[Chhattisgarh High Court]] and was the sworn in as the Chief Justice on 16 May 2016.<ref name="THC" /><ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/Justice-Deepak-Gupta-a-senior-judge-of-the-High-Court-here-has-been-elevated-as-the-first-Chief-Justice-of-the-newly-established-Tripura-High-Court-He-happens-to-be-the-first-judge-from-Himachal-to-have-been-directly-appointed-as-chief-justice-of-another-state-/articleshow/19042427.cms |title=Justice Deepak Gupta elevated as the first Chief Justice of the newly established Tripura High Court |work= [[The Times of India]] |accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="BS">{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/justice-deepak-gupta-sworn-in-as-chief-justice-of-c-garh-hc-116051600707_1.html |title=Justice Deepak Gupta sworn-in as Chief Justice of C'garh HC |work= [[Business Standard]] |accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref>

He was elevated as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and sworn in on 17 February 2017. On 5 June 2017, in an unprecedented situation, he heard and disposed of 33 cases on a single day; he held the court alone as his colleague [[Mohan Shantanagoudar]], who was to head the bench reported unwell.<ref name="BQ" /><ref name="HT">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/single-judge-court-in-supreme-court-disposes-33-cases-in-a-single-day/story-Cx76Fsp7HzF7hGW1tqDikI.html |title=Single-judge court in Supreme Court disposes 33 cases in a single day |work= [[Hindustan Times]] |accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref>
He was retired on 6 May 2020.

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