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{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1964)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vijay Bishnoi
| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
| image = Justice Vijay Bishnoi.jpg
| nominator = [[B. R. Gavai]]
| appointer = [[Droupadi Murmu]]
| term_start = 30 May 2025
| term_end =
| office1 = 42nd Chief Justice of [[Gauhati High Court]]
| term_start1 = 5 February 2024
| term_end1 = 29 May 2025
| nominator1 = [[D. Y. Chandrachud]]
| appointer1 = [[Droupadi Murmu]]
| predecessor1 = {{ubl|[[Sandeep Mehta]]|[[Lanusungkum Jamir|L. Jamir]] {{small|(acting)}}}}
| successor1 = {{ubl|[[Ashutosh Kumar]]|[[Lanusungkum Jamir|L. Jamir]] {{small|(acting)}}}}
| office2 = Judge of the [[Rajasthan High Court]]
| term_start2 = 8 January 2013
| term_end2 = 4 February 2024
| nominator2 = [[Altamas Kabir]]
| appointer2 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|3|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]]
}}
'''Vijay Bishnoi''' (born 26 March 1964) is a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bawa |first=Anmol Kaur |date=2025-05-30 |title=Justices NV Anjaria, Vijay Bishnoi and AS Chandurkar Take Oath As Supreme Court Judges |url=https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/justices-nv-anjaria-vijay-bishnoi-and-as-chandurkar-take-oath-as-supreme-court-judges-293798 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=www.livelaw.in |language=en}}</ref> He previously served as the 42nd chief justice of [[Gauhati High Court]] from 2024 to 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 December 2023 |title=Top Court Recommends Vijay Bishnoi As New CJ Of Gauhati High Court |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/top-court-recommends-vijay-bishnoi-as-new-cj-of-gauhati-high-court/articleshow/106391626.cms |access-date=30 December 2023 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=The Hindu Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2023-12-28 |title=Supreme Court Collegium recommends CJs to five HCs |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-collegium-recommends-cjs-to-five-hcs/article67684694.ece |access-date=2024-02-03 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He is a former judge of the [[Rajasthan High Court]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2024-02-06 |title=Vijay Bishnoi sworn in as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vijay-bishnoi-sworn-in-as-chief-justice-of-gauhati-high-court/article67816587.ece |access-date=2024-12-28 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Bishnoi was born on 26 March 1964 in Jodhpur. He enrolled as an advocate on 8 July 1989. He practiced at the Rajasthan High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal at Jodhpur in wide range of areas such as civil, criminal, Constitutional, service, election cases etc. He served as Additional Central Govt. Standing Counsel during the years 2000 - 2004 ; as counsel for various Departments in the government of Rajasthan.

He was appointed as additional judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 8 January 2013 and was confirmed as a permanent judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 7 January 2015.

He was appointed as the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court and took oath as the chief justice of Gauhati High Court on 5 February 2024.

On 26 May 2025, the Supreme Court collegium led by CJI [[Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai]] recommended his appointment as judge of Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice Vijay Bishnoi set to be Supreme Court Judge |url=https://www.thelawadvice.com/news/justice-vijay-bishnoi-to-be-supreme-court-judge |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=www.thelawadvice.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-26 |title=Supreme Court Collegium recommends three judges to top court |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-collegium-recommends-three-judges-to-top-court/article69621432.ece |access-date=2025-05-29 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> This recommendation was cleared by central government and he was sworn in as Judge of Supreme Court on 30 May 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohanty |first=Suchitra Kalyan |date=2025-05-29 |title=UOI notifies appointment of three new judges to SC; strength rises to 34 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/May/29/uoi-notifies-appointment-of-three-new-judges-to-sc-strength-rises-to-34 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Ratna |date=2025-05-29 |title=Centre notifies appointment of Justices NV Anjaria, Vijay Bishnoi and Atul S Chandurkar as Supreme Court judges |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/centre-notifies-appointment-of-justices-nv-anjaria-vijay-bishnoi-and-atul-s-chandurkar-as-supreme-court-judges |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-30 |title=Meet the 3 new Supreme Court judges to take oath today: Justices NV Anjaria, Vijay Bishnoi and AS Chandurkar {{!}} Today News |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/meet-the-3-new-supreme-court-judges-who-took-oath-today-justices-nv-anjaria-vijay-bishnoi-and-as-chandurkar-cji-gavai-11748572023256.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250530032814/https://www.livemint.com/news/meet-the-3-new-supreme-court-judges-who-took-oath-today-justices-nv-anjaria-vijay-bishnoi-and-as-chandurkar-cji-gavai-11748572023256.html |archive-date=2025-05-30 |access-date=2025-05-30 |work=mint |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

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