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{{Short description|Indian judge (1945–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = '''Justice'''
| image = File:V K Bali Retd. Judge of the High Court.jpg
| name = Vinod Kumar Bali
| image_size = 250px
| caption =
| office = [[Chairman]], Central Administrative Tribunal
| term_start = 8 March 2007
| term_end = 8 March 2012
| office2 = [[Chief Justice]], [[Kerala High Court]]
| term_start2 = 22 January 2006
| term_end2 = 24 January 2007
| office3 = [[Judge]], [[Rajasthan High Court]]
| term_start3 = February 2005
| term_end3 = January 2006
| office4 = [[Judge]], [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]]
| term_start4 = March 1991
| term_end4 = February 2005
| nominator =
| alma_mater =
| appointer =
| predecessor =
| citizenship = Indian
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1945|01|24}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|12|24|1945|1|24}}
| death_place = [[Chandigarh]], India
| spouse =
| website = {{URL|http://cgat.gov.in/bio/vk_bali.htm|cgat.gov.in}}
}}

'''Vinod Kumar Bali''' (24 January 1945 – 24 December 2022) was an Indian jurist who was the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, and [[Chief Justice]] of [[Kerala High Court]].<ref name="cgat.gov.in">{{cite web|url=http://cgat.gov.in/bio/vk_bali.htm|title=CAT-Members-Principal Bench-Mr.Justice V.K.Bali|work=cgat.gov.in|access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/courts-should-not-be-given-powers-to-review-cat-orders/article395610.ece|title='Courts should not be given powers to review CAT orders'|author=Special Correspondent|work=The Hindu|access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.babusofindia.com/2011/11/government-may-introduce-double-shifts.html|title=babus of india|work=babusofindia.com|access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article194153.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629142057/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article194153.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2015|title=Pending cases plaguing HCs, says CAT chief|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
After completing his graduation in Law from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1967 Bali started practicing in District Courts, [[Karnal]] in the same year and shifted to the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court|High Court of Punjab and Haryana]] at Chandigarh in 1973. He practiced on all subjects of law and specialized in Constitutional, Service, Labour and Industrial Disputes and Criminal Laws.<ref name="cgat.gov.in"/> He was designated as [[Senior Advocate]] at the age of 42 in 1987.

In the year 1991 he was elevated to [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] and as a judge he has authored several Full Bench Judgments and decided several hundred criminal cases besides deciding Constitutional, Civil, Labour and Industrial matters. He served as the Chairman of Legal Services Authority, Haryana for a term of eight years. In the year 2005 he was transferred to [[Rajasthan High Court]] and served as the Chairman of Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority from 6 September 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nchro.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=235:vk-bali-new-chief-justice-of-kerala-high-court&catid=8:judiciary&Itemid=17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603001340/http://nchro.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=235:vk-bali-new-chief-justice-of-kerala-high-court&catid=8:judiciary&Itemid=17|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 June 2011|title=V.K. Bali, new Chief Justice of Kerala High Court|work=nchro.org|access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref>

Bali was sworn in as Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala on 22 January 2006.<ref name="News The Hindu 23 January 2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/chief-justice-bali-to-retire-today/article1786423.ece|title=Chief Justice Bali to retire today|work=The Hindu|access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref> During his tenure of one year as Chief Justice, he decided several constitutional matters of all the branches of law. During his tenure as Chief Justice, 120 Full Bench cases pending in Kerala High Court were disposed of. For the first time in the history of Kerala High Court, arrears of the cases were reduced by 15000 in one year. He retired on 24 January 2007 on attaining the age of superannuation.<ref name="cgat.gov.in"/><ref name="News The Hindu 23 January 2007"/>

Appointed Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal, he assumed the office on 8 March 2007.<ref name="cgat.gov.in"/>

Bali died on 24 December 2022, at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Kerala chief justice VK Bali passes away |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/former-kerala-chief-justice-vk-bali-passes-away-101672000198995.html |access-date=2 January 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |date=26 December 2022}}</ref>

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[[Category:Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court]]
[[Category:Judges of the Rajasthan High Court]]
[[Category:Chief justices of the Rajasthan High Court]]
[[Category:Chief justices of the Kerala High Court]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian lawyers]]

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