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'''Virender Singh (judge)''' (born 7 October 1954) is an Indian former judge and former Chief Justice of [[Jharkhand High Court]].{{cn|date=September 2021}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
Singh passed from Government College, [[Rohtak]] and completed his Degree of [[Law]] from J. V. Jain College, [[Saharanpur]].{{citation needed|date= September 2022}} He started practice from June 1978 in Rohatak. Singh was appointed Deputy Advocate General, [[Haryana]] in 1995. On 2 July 2002 he was appointed Judge of [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] thereafter transferred to [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]] on 19 April 2007.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}} He served as acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court from 2 April 2012 to 8 June 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/justice-virender-singh-head-jharkhand-hc/|title=Justice Virender Singh to head Jharkhand HC|date=4 August 2014|newspaper=Daily Excelsior|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> Justice Singh became the Chief Justice of [[Jharkhand High Court]] on 1 November 2014 and retired on 7 October 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in/honble-chief-justice-virender-singh|title=Hon'ble The Chief Justice Virender Singh|website=jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> After the retirement he was appointed the Chairperson of the [[Armed Forces Tribunal]] (AFT) on 3 January 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barandbench.com/former-jharkhand-hc-chief-justice-virender-singh-new-chairperson-aft/|title=Former Jharkhand HC Chief Justice|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/justice-virender-singh-appointed-aft-chairperson/|title=Justice Virender Singh appointed AFT chairperson|website=indianexpress.com|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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