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'''Rajesh Balia''' (born 3 March 1946) is a retired Indian judge and a former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Balia was born in 1946 in a business family. His father, the Late Manak Lal Sa Balia, was a businessman and influenced by the [[Gandhian Movement]]. Balia passed B.Com. and [[LL.B]]. and started practice on 9 April 1967 in the [[Rajasthan High Court]]. <br />
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== Career ==<br />
He was appointed an additional judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 21 October 1991 and confirmed as a permanent judge of the same High Court in 1992. He was transferred to [[Gujarat High Court]] and then named the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court from 12 November 2007 to 4 January 2008. Justice Balia was elevated as the Chief Justice of [[Patna High Court]] on 5 January 2008 and retired on 3 March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patnahighcourt.gov.in/Judges_RET_CJ.aspx|title=LIST OF RETIRED CHIEF JUSTICE|access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref> After his retirement, he was appointed Chairman of [[Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission]] on 31 August 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rhcla.com/Article_Master/ARTICLE_MASTER_1.pdf|title=REFERENCE|access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JPR-raj-govt-selects-shrc-chairman-state-chief-info-commissioner-2392936.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817132845/http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JPR-raj-govt-selects-shrc-chairman-state-chief-info-commissioner-2392936.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 August 2016|title=Raj govt selects SHRC chairman, state chief info commissioner|agency=PTI|date=31 August 2011|publisher=DailyBhaskar.com|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/india/20110901/1823758.html|title=Raj Human Rights Commission constituted|website=news.webindia123.com|access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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