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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Y.R Meena<br />
| office1 = [[Chief Justice]] of [[Gujarat High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 3 February 2007<br />
| term_end1 = 30 June 2008<br />
| appointer1 = [[A.P.J Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| office2 = [[Justice (title)|Justice]] of [[Gujarat High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 3 April 2006<br />
| term_end2 = 2 February 2007<br />
| appointer2 = [[A.P.J Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| office3 = [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Patron-in-Chief]] of [[Rajasthan State Judicial Academy]]<br />
| appointer3 = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| term_start3 = 22 October 2004<br />
| term_end3 = 11 October 2005<br />
| office4 = [[Judge|Justice]] of [[Rajasthan High Court]]<br />
| term_start4 = 5 November 2001<br />
| term_end4 = 3 April 2006<br />
| appointer4 = [[K.R Narayanan]]<br />
| office5 = [[Judge|Justice]] of [[Calcutta High Court]]<br />
| term_start5 = December 1997<br />
| term_end5 = 4 November 2001<br />
| appointer5 = [[K.R Narayanan]]<br />
| office6 = [[Additional Justice]] of [[Rajasthan High Court]]<br />
| term_start6 = 20 July 1990<br />
| term_end6 = December 1997<br />
| nominator6 = [[Ranganath Mishra]]<br />
| birth_date = 1 July 1946<br />
| death_date = 21 March 2023<br />
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Y. R. Meena''' or Yad Ram Meena (1 July 1946 — 21 March 2023) was an Indian judge and the former Chief Justice of the [[Gujarat High Court]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Born on 1 July 1946 in [[Alwar]], he completed his B.A. Degree from B R College Alwar. Then completed his [[LL.B]]. degree from [[University of Rajasthan]], [[Jaipur]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Justice Y.R. Meena, son of Ramkripal Meena was born in 1946. He passed B.A. [[LL.B]]. and enrolled as an advocate in 1968. He practised in Civil, Criminal and Revenue Matters, appointed a Law Officer of the [[Law Commission of India]] in 1973. Justice Meena was appointed Deputy Legislative Counsel and Additional Legislative Counsel in [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Ministry of Law and Justice]], [[Delhi]] in 1976 and 1979 respectively. In 1980 he became a Member of [[Income Tax Appellate Tribunal]]. On 20 July 1990 he was appointed an additional Judge of [[Rajasthan High Court]] and transferred to [[Calcutta High Court]] in December 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.calcuttahighcourt.gov.in/Judges/122|title=The Hon'ble Justice Y. R. Meena|access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref> In 2001 Meena was transferred to the Rajasthan High Court and took charge of the Acting Chief Justice since 2004. He was a Patron in Chief of Rajasthan State Judicial academy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rajasthanjudicialacademy.nic.in/past_pat_in_chief.html|title=LIST OF PAST HON'BLE PATRON-IN-CHIEF|access-date=12 November 2018|archive-date=12 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181633/http://rajasthanjudicialacademy.nic.in/past_pat_in_chief.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was elevated in the post of the Chief Justice of High Court of Gujarat on 3 February 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/y-r-meena-appointed-as-chief-justice-of-gujarat-hc_351849.html|title=Y R Meena appointed as Chief Justice of Gujarat HC|date=3 February 2007|publisher=Zee News|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> Justice Meena retired on 30 June 2008 from the post.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gujarathighcourt.nic.in/cjjfull?jid=420|title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice Y. R. MEENA|website=gujarathighcourt.nic.in|access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref> After the retirement he joined in the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in October 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-10-28 |title=Senior Congress leader, ex-chief justice join BJP |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/senior-congress-leader-ex-chief-justice-join-bjp/articleshow/3648168.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-09-14 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> He died on 21 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice YR Meena, Former CJ Gujarat High Court passed away |url=https://www.thelawadvice.com/news/justice-yr-meena-former-cj-gujarat-high-court-passed-away |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=www.thelawadvice.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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