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{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_name = Vibhuti Bhushan Sharma
| caption = Vibhuti in 2023
| office = President, [[Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur]]
| term_start = 16 March 2012
| term_end = 12 July 2013
| predecessor = [[Karanpal Singh]]
| successor = [[Manoj Sharma]]
| office2 = Government Counsel, [[Government of Rajasthan]]
| term_start2 = 25 July 2008
| term_end2 = 25 June 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date|1972|7|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jaipur|Rajasthan]], India
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Rajasthan]], Jaipur<br/>[[Rajasthan College]], Jaipur
| image = Vibhuti.jpeg
| image_upright = 0.5
}}

'''Vibhuti Bhushan Sharma''' is an Indian lawyer and senior legal counsel who served as the '''Additional Advocate General (AAG)''' for the [[Government of Rajasthan]] at the [[Rajasthan High Court]], Jaipur Bench from 2019 to 2024.<ref name="AAGExpress">{{cite news |title=Rajasthan bats for retd IAS officer, now advisor to cricket body led by CM son |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajasthan-bats-for-retd-ias-officer-now-advisor-to-cricket-body-led-by-cm-son-7158004/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250628102914/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajasthan-bats-for-retd-ias-officer-now-advisor-to-cricket-body-led-by-cm-son-7158004/ |archive-date=28 June 2025 |url-status=live |work=[[Indian Express]] |date=23 January 2021 |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="AAGOrder">{{cite web |title=Government Order - Appointment of Additional Advocate Generals |url=https://advgen.rajasthan.gov.in/uploaded_files/AAG030119C.pdf |website=advgen.rajasthan.gov.in |publisher=Government of Rajasthan |date=3 January 2019 |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref> He was elected as the youngest ever President of the [[Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur]] in March 2012,<ref name="TOI2012">{{cite news |title=High Court Bar gets new president, general secretary |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/High-Court-Bar-gets-new-president-general-secretary/articleshow/12311407.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103124655/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-18/jaipur/31206752_1_general-secretary-new-president-votes |url-status=live |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 March 2012 |access-date=1 November 2012}}</ref> and had previously served as its General Secretary during 2007–2008.

==Legal career==
Sharma began his legal practice at the [[Rajasthan High Court]], Jaipur Bench, in 2000. He was elected as General Secretary of the [[Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur]] in 2007 and later became its youngest elected President in 2012.<ref name="TOI2012" />

He served as the [[Government of Rajasthan|Rajasthan Government]]'s counsel in the High Court between 2008 and 2012, and was appointed as the '''Additional Advocate General (AAG)''' in 2019.<ref name="AAGOrder" /><ref name="AAGExpress" />

In 2009, he represented the state in a case involving irregularities in the Rajasthan Pre-Medical Test (RPMT), where discrepancies in OMR sheets and thumb impressions were alleged.<ref>{{cite news |title=RPMT fraud: HC asks govt to submit report by Sept 16 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/RPMT-fraud-HC-asks-govt-to-submit-report-by-Sept-16/articleshow/5001057.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103081239/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-12/jaipur/28061103_1_medical-colleges-omr-sheets-thumb-impression |url-status=live |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=12 September 2009 |access-date=1 November 2012}}</ref>

In 2019, following an internal inquiry initiated by the state government, Sharma informed the Rajasthan High Court that irregularities had been found in the promotion process of police personnel, and that corrective steps would be taken. The petition was later disposed of.<ref>{{cite news |title=Govt admits irregularities in promotion of policemen |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/govt-admits-irregularities-in-promotion-of-policemen/articleshow/71355522.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=29 September 2019 |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref>

Sharma has also filed multiple [[Public Interest Litigation|Public Interest Litigations (PILs)]]. In 2018, he filed a PIL challenging the use of government funds for the Gaurav Yatra, a political tour led by then Chief Minister [[Vasundhara Raje]]. In its ruling, the Rajasthan High Court barred the state government from using government machinery for political purposes during the tour and directed that official events not be merged with party functions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajasthan High Court bars Vasundhara Raje govt from holding party functions during her Gaurav Yatra |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/rajasthan-high-court-bars-vasundhara-raje-govt-from-holding-party-functions-during-her-gaurav-yatra-5124501.html |work=[[Firstpost]] |date=1 September 2018 |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref>

The Indian National Congress appointed Sharma a member of the committee to monitor implementation of the Election Manifesto 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/rajasthan-assembly-election-2018-bjp-congress-focusing-on-manifesto-1-3554370/ |title=राजस्थान विधानसभा चुनाव 2018: भाजपा-कांग्रेस का फोकस 'घोषणा पत्र' पर |work=[[Rajasthan Patrika|Patrika]] |language=hi |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref> He served as a member of the Congress Manifesto Committee constituted by AICC (All India Congress Committee) for the 2013 Assembly Elections in the state of Rajasthan. He has also worked as a member of the Congress Manifesto Committee in the 2008 Assembly Elections.

He has an M.A. in Public Administration from the University of Rajasthan at Jaipur, a Ph.D. in Total Quality Education, an LL.B, and a Bachelor's in Journalism and Mass Communication.

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