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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|7th Chief Justice of Tripura High Court}}<br />
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|name = Jaswant Singh<br />
|office = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Tripura High Court|7th Chief Justice]] of [[Tripura High Court]]<br />
|term_start = 15 February 2023<br />
|term_end = 22 February 2023<br />
|appointer = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
|nominator = [[D. Y. Chandrachud]]<br />
|predecessor = {{ubl|[[Indrajit Mahanty]]|[[T. Amarnath Goud|T. A. Goud]] ''(acting)''}}<br />
|successor = {{ubl|[[Aparesh Kumar Singh]]|[[T. Amarnath Goud|T. A. Goud]] ''(acting)''}}<br />
|office1 = [[Judge]] of [[Orissa High Court]]<br />
|term_start1 = 8 October 2021<br />
|term_end1 = 14 February 2023<br />
|appointer1 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
|nominator1 = [[N. V. Ramana]]<br />
|office2 = [[Judge]] of [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]]<br />
|term_start2 = 5 December 2007<br />
|term_end2 = 7 October 2021<br />
|appointer2 = [[Pratibha Patil]]<br />
|nominator2 = [[K. G. Balakrishnan]]<br />
|honorific_prefix=Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|2|23|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Rohtak]], [[Haryana]]<br />
|alma_mater = [[Maharshi Dayanand University]]<br />
| education = [[LL.B]] and [[MBA]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Jaswant Singh''' (born 23 February 1961) is an Indian judge. He is a former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Tripura High Court]] and [[Judge]] of [[Orissa High Court]] and [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to High Court of Tripura |url=https://thc.nic.in/CJ_Jaswant_Singh.html |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=thc.nic.in}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Born on 23 February 1961 at [[Rohtak]], [[Haryana]]. He graduated in arts in 1980. He took his [[Law]] degree and [[Master of Business Administration]] from [[Maharshi Dayanand University]]. He was enrolled as an [[Advocate]] in the year 1986. In 1988, he started his practice in [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]]. He has served as the Additional Advocate General in the office of Advocate General, Haryana. He was elevated as [[Judge]] of [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] on 5 December 2007. He was transferred as [[Judge]] of [[Orissa High Court]] on 8 October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-collegium-recommends-appointment-of-justice-jaswant-singh-as-chief-justice-of-orissa-high-court|title=[BREAKING] Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Justice Jaswant Singh as Chief Justice of Orissa High Court|date=2022-09-30|website=Bar & Bench|language=en-US|access-date=2022-09-30}}</ref> <br />
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In September 2022, Supreme court collegium led by CJI [[Uday Umesh Lalit]] recommended him to be appointed as chief justice of Orissa High Court<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biswas |first=Ramakanta |title=Orissa High Court to get new Chief Justice, incumbent CJ S Muralidhar transferred to Madras HC |url=https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/orissa-high-court-to-get-new-chief-justice-incumbent-cj-s-muralidhar-transferred-to-madras-hc-186717 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=odishatv.in |language=en}}</ref> but government did not clear this recommendation and subsequently collegium withdrew this recommendation in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SC Collegium Recalls Recommendation to Make Justice Jaswant Singh Orissa Chief Justice |url=https://m.thewire.in/article/law/sc-collegium-recalls-recommendation-to-make-justice-jaswant-singh-orissa-chief-justice |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=The Wire |language=en}}</ref> In February 2023 fresh recommendation was made to appoint him as chief justice of Tripura High Court<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leaflet |first=The |date=2023-02-09 |title=Supreme Court Collegium makes recommendations for appointments of Chief Justices at Patna, Gauhati, Himachal Pradesh and Tripura High Courts |url=https://theleaflet.in/information-and-transparency/supreme-court-collegium-makes-recommendations-for-appointments-of-chief-justices-at-patna-gauhati-himachal-pradesh-and-tripura-high-courts |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=The Leaflet |language=en}}</ref> and he was finally appointed as [[Chief Justice]] of [[Tripura High Court]] on 15 February 2023 and retired on 22 February 2023 after serving brief tenure of merely 8 days.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETLegalWorld.com |title=Justice Jaswant Singh to serve as CJ of Tripura HC only for 8 days |url=https://legal.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/justice-jaswant-singh-to-serve-as-cj-of-tripura-hc-only-for-8-days/98137104 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=ETLegalWorld.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NETWORK |first=LIVELAW NEWS |date=2023-02-08 |title=Collegium Makes Additional Proposal For Tripura HC CJ, As Judge Recommended Earlier Will Retire In 2 Weeks |url=https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/collegium-makes-additional-proposal-for-tripura-hc-cj-as-judge-recommended-earlier-will-retire-in-2-weeks-221073 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=www.livelaw.in |language=en}}</ref><br />
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