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| honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable|Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)]]<br />
| name = Nelavoy Dhinakar<br />
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| office = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Jharkhand High Court|4th Chief Justice]] of [[Jharkhand High Court]]<br />
| term_start = 4 December 2005<br />
| term_end = 9 June 2006<br />
| nominator = [[Y. K. Sabharwal]]<br />
| appointer = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| predecessor = {{ubl|[[Altamas Kabir]]|[[S. J. Mukhopadhaya]] ''(acting)''}}<br />
| successor = {{ubl|[[M. Karpaga Vinayagam]]|[[S. J. Mukhopadhaya]] ''(acting)''|[[M. Y. Eqbal]] ''(acting)''}}<br />
| office1 = Judge of [[Madras High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 5 March 1999<br />
| term_end1 = 3 December 2005<br />
| nominator1 = [[A. S. Anand]]<br />
| appointer1 = [[K. R. Narayanan]]<br />
| status2 = Acting Chief Justice<br />
| term_start2 = 11 October 2005<br />
| term_end2 = 11 November 2005<br />
| appointer2 = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Markandey Katju]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Ajit Prakash Shah|A. P. Shah]]<br />
| office3 = Judge of [[Kerala High Court]]<br />
| term_start3 = 30 November 1994<br />
| term_end3 = 4 March 1999<br />
| nominator3 = [[A. M. Ahmadi]]<br />
| appointer3 = [[S. D. Sharma]]<br />
| office4 = Judge of [[Madras High Court]]<br />
| term_start4 = 17 October 1994<br />
| term_end4 = 29 November 1994<br />
| nominator4 = [[M. N. Venkatachaliah]]<br />
| appointer4 = [[S. D. Sharma]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1944|06|10}}<br />
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'''Nelavoy Dhinakar''' (born 10 June 1944) is a retired Indian judge and former Chief Justice of [[Jharkhand High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=High Court of Jharkhand, India |url=https://jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in/judges_summary.php?jpi=MzQ= |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Dhinakar was born in 1944. He passed B.A., B.L. and was enrolled as an advocate on 31 January 1968. Dhinakar practised in the [[Madras High Court]] on criminal and constitutional matters. He was appointed additional public prosecutor, special public prosecutor and Government advocate in the High Court in 1977.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/chief-justice-sworn-in/cid/770094|title=Chief justice sworn in|date=17 September 2006|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=India|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> On 17 October 1994 Dhinakar became permanent judge of the Madras High Court. On 30 November 1994 he was transferred to the [[Kerala High Court]] thereafter back to the Madras High Court on 5 March 1999. He also performed as the acting Chief Justice of this High Court.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/15/stories/2005101502260400.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Briefly|date=2005-10-15|access-date=25 February 2019}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On 4 December 2005 he was appointed the Chief Justice of the [[Jharkhand High Court]] after Justice [[Altamas Kabir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Justice-Dhinakar-new-Chief-Justice-of-Jharkhand-HC/articleshow/1314683.cms|title=Justice Dhinakar new Chief Justice of Jharkhand HC|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> Justice Dhinakar retired on 10 June 2006. He was the Chairperson of [[Kerala State Human Rights Commission]] from 2006 to 2011.<br />
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