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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|49th Chief Justice of Bombay High Court}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|05|20}}<br />
| name = Shree Chandrashekhar<br />
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice<br />
| office = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Bombay High Court|49th Chief Justice]] of [[Bombay High Court]]<br />
| appointer = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| nominator = [[B. R. Gavai]]<br />
| term_start = 5 September 2025<br />
| term_end =<br />
| predecessor = [[Alok Aradhe]]<br />
| office1 = [[Judge]] of [[Bombay High Court]]<br />
| appointer1 = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| nominator1 = [[B. R. Gavai]]<br />
| term_start1 = 21 July 2025<br />
| term_end1 = 5 September 2025<br />
| status2 = [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of [[Bombay High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 29 August 2025<br />
| term_end2 = 5 September 2025<br />
| appointer2 = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Alok Aradhe]]<br />
| successor2 = ''Himself''<br />
| office3 = [[Judge]] of [[Rajasthan High Court]]<br />
| term_start3 = 5 July 2024<br />
| term_end3 = 20 July 2025<br />
| nominator3 = [[D. Y. Chandrachud]]<br />
| appointer3 = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| office4 = [[Judge]] of [[Jharkhand High Court]]<br />
| term_start4 = 17 January 2013<br />
| term_end4 = 4 July 2024<br />
| nominator4 = [[Altamas Kabir]]<br />
| appointer4 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br />
| term_start5 = 29 December 2023<br />
| term_end5 = 4 July 2024<br />
| status5 = [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of [[Jharkhand High Court]]<br />
| appointer5 = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| predecessor5 = [[Sanjaya Kumar Mishra|S. K. Mishra]]<br />
| successor5 = [[Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi|B. R. Sarangi]]<br />
| education = [[L.L.B]]<br />
| alma_mater = Campus Law Centre, [[Delhi University]]<br />
| image = Justice Shee Chandrashekhar.jpg <br />
}}<br />
'''Shree Chandrashekhar''' (born 25 May 1965) is an Indian judge and the current [[Chief Justice]] of [[Bombay High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-05 |title=Centre notifies appointment of Justice Chandrashekhar as 49th CJ of Bombay HC |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/centre-notifies-appointment-of-justice-chandrashekhar-as-49th-cj-of-bombay-hc-10230968/ |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He has also served as a judge of Bombay High Court,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Benwal |first=Narsi |date=2025-07-21 |title=Bombay High Court Gets Two New Judges Increasing Strength To 66 |url=https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/bombay-high-court/bombay-high-court-judges-oath-ceremony-298212 |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=www.livelaw.in |language=en}}</ref> [[Rajasthan High Court]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bench |first=Bar & |date=2024-07-03 |title=Jharkhand High Court Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar transferred to Rajasthan High Court |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/jharkhand-high-court-acting-chief-justice-shree-chandrashekhar-transferred-to-rajasthan-high-court |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |language=en}}</ref> and as judge and [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of [[Jharkhand High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bench |first=Bar & |date=2023-12-28 |title=Justice Shree Chandrashekhar to be Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court from December 29 |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/justice-shree-chandrashekhar-acting-chief-justice-jharkhand-high-court-december-29 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and career ==<br />
Schree was born on May 25, 1965. He completed his LL.B. from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in 1993 and enrolled as an advocate with Delhi State Bar Council on December 9, 1993. He started his practice focusing on both Criminal and Civil matters. For nearly two decades, he practiced in multiple courts, including the Supreme Court, where roughly 140 reported judgments are attributed to his work.<br />
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He was appointed as Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court at Ranchi on 17 January 2013 and was confirmed as permanent Judge on 27 June 2014. He was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court on 29 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Bhavya |date=2023-12-28 |title=Justice Shree Chandrashekhar Appointed As Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court |url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/justice-shree-chandrashekhar-appointed-acting-chief-justice-jharkhand-high-court-245420 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=www.livelaw.in |language=en}}</ref><br />
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He was transferred to the Rajasthan High Court and took oath on 5 July 2024.<ref name=":1" /> He was transferred to [[Bombay High Court]] and took oath as judge on 21 July 2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=SC Collegium Recommends Transfer or Repatriation of 21 High Court Judges |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/sc-collegium-recommends-transfers-or-repatriation-of-21-hc-judges-3559435 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> where he also briefly served as Acting Chief Justice<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shree Chandrashekhar appointed as Acting Chief Justice upon elevation of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe to Supreme Court |url=https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s35d6646aad9bcc0be55b2c82f69750387/uploads/2025/08/20250827453156467.pdf}}</ref> before being elevated as Chief Justice of the same High Court.<br />
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On 25 August 2025 Supreme Court collegium led by CJI [[B. R. Gavai]] recommended him to be appointed as Chief Justice of [[Bombay High Court]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Justice Shree Chandrashekhar as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court - Law Trend |url=https://lawtrend.in/supreme-court-collegium-recommends-justice-shree-chandrashekhar-as-chief-justice-of-bombay-high-court/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> consequent upon the elevation of the then Chief Justice [[Alok Aradhe]] to Supreme Court of India<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-08-25 |title=Bombay HC chief justice Alok Aradhe among 2 picked for SC elevation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bombay-hc-chief-justice-alok-aradhe-among-2-picked-for-sc-elevation/articleshow/123507358.cms |access-date=2025-08-25 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> and central government approved this proposal and he took oath as Chief Justice on 5 September 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bench |first=Bar & |date=2025-09-04 |title=Centre clears appointment of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/centre-clears-appointment-of-justice-shree-chandrashekhar-as-chief-justice-of-bombay-high-court |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice Shree Chandrashekhar sworn in as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. {{!}} Newsalert |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/Newsalert/3616759-justice-shree-chandrashekhar-sworn-in-as-chief-justice-of-bombay-high-court |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=Devdiscourse |language=en}}</ref><br />
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