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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific-prefix = Hon'ble Mrs. Justice<br />
| name = Vijaya Tahilramani<br />
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| office = [[Chief Justice]] of [[Madras High Court]]<br />
| term_start = 4 August 2018<br />
| term_end = 6 September 2019<br />
| nominator = [[Dipak Misra]]<br />
| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Indira Banerjee]]<br />
| successor = [[Vineet Kothari]] (acting)<br />
| office2 = [[acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of [[Bombay High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 5 December 2017<br />
| term_end2 = 3 August 2018<br />
| nominator2 = [[Dipak Misra]]<br />
| appointer2 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|10|3|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]<br />
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'''Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani''' is former [[Chief justice|Chief Justice]] of the [[Madras High Court]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tahilramani to be CJ of Madras High Court |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tahilramani-to-be-cj-of-madras-high-court/article24478604.ece |access-date=6 August 2018 |agency=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/justice-vijaya-kamlesh-tahilramani-to-be-chief-justice-of-madras-high-court/articleshow/65070195.cms | title=Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani to be chief justice of Madras high court | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | first=A | last=Subramani | date=20 July 2018 | access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/govt-notifies-appointments-of-3-judges-to-sc-six-chief-justices-for-hcs/articleshow/65275750.cms | title=Govt notifies appointments of 3 judges to SC, six chief justices for HCs | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 August 2018 | access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> In 1982, V. K. Tahilramani joined the Bar. She has served as a Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor for [[Maharashtra]]. She became Acting Chief Justice of [[Bombay High Court]] on 5 December 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Justice VK Tahilramani Appointed As Chief Justice Of Madras High Court |url=http://www.livelaw.in/justice-vk-tahilramani-appointed-as-chief-justice-of-madras-high-court-read-notification/ |website=Live Law |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> She attained fame for her judgement in Bilkis Bano case. She was the [[Chief justice]] of [[Madras High Court]] since 4 August 2018. On 21 September 2019 President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] accepted the resignation of Madras High Court Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani with effect from 6 September, when she put in her papers.<br />
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== Resignation ==<br />
On 28 August 2019 the collegium headed by [[Chief Justice of India]] and 4 other senior most judges of [[Supreme Court of India]] recommended the transfer of Justice Tahilramani. She requested the collegium to reconsider but her request was denied by the collegium on 5 September 2019. She submitted her resignation to the President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] on 6 September 2019 after being transferred to Meghalaya High Court by Supreme Court collegium. Her resignation letter was accepted on 21 September 2019.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Tahilramani is of [[Sindhis|Sindhi]] heritage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/341601/most-billionaires-in-india-today-once-resided-in-pakistans-sindh/|title=Most billionaires in India today once resided in Pakistan's Sindh|work=Daily Times|first=Waseem|last=Palijo|date=8 January 2019|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507172647/https://dailytimes.com.pk/341601/most-billionaires-in-india-today-once-resided-in-pakistans-sindh/}}</ref><br />
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* {{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/president-ram-nath-kovind-accepts-justice-vijaya-tahilramanis-resignation/article29475159.ece | title=President Ram Nath Kovind accepts Justice Vijaya Tahilramani's resignation | date=21 September 2019 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=15 November 2019 }}<br />
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