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Rajesh Kumar Agrawal

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{{Infobox judge
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Rajesh Kumar Agrawal
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|5|5}}
| birth_place = [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| death_date = 
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| alma_mater = [[University of Allahabad]]
| office = President of the [[National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission]]
| term_start = 1 July 2018
| term_end =
| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| office1 = [[Supreme Court of India|Judge of the Supreme Court of India]]
| term_start1 = 17 February 2014
| term_end1 = 04 May 2018
| nominator1 = Collegium of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
| appointer1 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| office2 = [[Chief Justice]] of [[Madras High Court]]
| term_start2 = 24 October 2013
| term_end2 = 16 February 2014
| predecessor2 = [[M. Y. Eqbal]]
| successor2 = Satish Agnihotri (acting)
}}

'''Rajesh Kumar Agrawal''' (born 5 May 1953) is the current President of the [[National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission]] (NCDRC) and a former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rajesh Agrawal and N V Ramana appointed as Supreme Court Judges|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/rajesh-agrawal-and-n-v-ramana-appointed-as-supreme-court-judges/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=17 February 2014}}</ref>

He retired from the Supreme Court on 4 May 2018 and was appointed the President of the NCDRC on 1 July 2018. He served as the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Madras High Court]] from 24 October 2013 till his elevation to the Supreme Court on 17 February 2014, having assumed the role of acting Chief Justice of the Madras High Court after his predecessor, [[M. Y. Eqbal]], became a judge of the Supreme Court on 7 February 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjhc.htm | title=Hon'ble Thiru. Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal | publisher=Madras High Court | accessdate=3 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/agrawal-appointed-chief-justice-of-madras-high-court/article5258194.ece | title=Agrawal appointed Chief Justice of Madras High Court | publisher=The Hindu | date=22 October 2013 | accessdate=3 November 2013}}</ref>

Agrawal started practicing law in 1976, having joined the chambers of his father Raja Ram Agrawal, a [[Senior Advocate]] and former [[Advocate general (India)|Advocate General]] for the State of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He was elevated as a permanent judge of the [[Allahabad High Court]] on 5 February 1999, where he served until his transfer to the Madras High Court as the acting Chief Justice on 6 February 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal|url=http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/service/judgeDetail.jsp?id=19|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 June 2020|website=High Court of Judicature at Allahabad}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Profile of the Hon'ble President|url=http://ncdrc.nic.in/president.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 June 2020|website=National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission}}</ref>

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