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{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1957)}}
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{{short description|Judge of Supreme Court of India}}
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| name = Vineet Saran
| name               = Vineet Saran
| image = File:Justice_Vineet_Saran.jpg
| image               = File:Justice_Vineet_Saran.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|05|11|df=y}}
| office             = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
| birth_place =
| term_start         = 7 August 2018
| office = [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]]
| term_end            = 10 May 2022
| term_start = 7 August 2018
| appointer           = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| nominator           = [[Dipak Misra]]
| office1 = [[Chief Justice]] of [[Orissa High Court]]
| office1            = 29th Chief Justice of the [[Orissa High Court]]
| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| term_start1        = 26 February 2016
| nominator = [[Dipak Misra]]
| term_end1          = 6 August 2018
| appointer1 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| nominator1         = [[T. S. Thakur]]
| appointer2 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| appointer1          = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| appointer3 = [[Kocheril Raman Narayanan]]
| predecessor1        = [[Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela]]
| nominator1 = [[T. S. Thakur]]
| successor1          = [[Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri]]
| nominator2 = [[H. L. Dattu]]
| office2             = Judge of the [[Karnataka High Court]]
| nominator3 = [[Sam Piroj Bharucha]]
| term_start2         = 16 February 2015
| term_start1 = 26 February 2016
| term_end2           = 25 February 2016
| term_end =
| appointer2          = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| term_end1 = 6 August 2018
| nominator2          = [[H. L. Dattu]]
| office2 = [[Judge]] of [[Karnataka High Court]]
| office3            = Judge of the [[Allahabad High Court]]
| term_start2 = 16 February 2015
| term_start3         = 14 February 2002
| term_end2 = 25 February 2016
| term_end3           = 15 February 2015
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Justice
| appointer3          = [[Kocheril Raman Narayanan]]
| office3 = [[Judge]] of [[Allahabad High Court]]
| nominator3          = [[Sam Piroj Bharucha]]
| term_start3 = 14 February 2002
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1957|05|11|df=y}}
| term_end3 = 15 February 2015
| birth_place        =
| alma_mater = [[Allahabad University]]
| alma_mater         = [[Allahabad University]]
}}
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'''Vineet Saran''' is a [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]]. He is former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Orissa High Court]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/cuttack/high-court-gets-new-chief-justice/articleshow/65277246.cms | title=High court gets new chief justice | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 August 2018 | access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.livelaw.in/breaking-centre-notifies-appointment-of-justices-km-joseph-indira-banerjee-and-vineet-saran-as-sc-judges/ | title=Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justices KM Joseph, Indira Banerjee And Vineet Saran As SC Judges | publisher=Live Law | work=Apoorva Mandhani| date=3 August 2018 | access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> He is also former [[Judge]] of [[Karnataka High Court]] and [[Allahabad High Court]].
'''Vineet Saran''' (born 11 May 1957) is a former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and the ethics officer and ombudsman in the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]].<ref>{{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=2022-07-19 |title=Former SC judge Vineet Saran appointed BCCI ethics officer |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/former-sc-judge-vineet-saran-appointed-bcci-ethics-officer/article65659583.ece |access-date=2022-09-29 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He is a former chief justice of the [[Orissa High Court]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/cuttack/high-court-gets-new-chief-justice/articleshow/65277246.cms | title=High court gets new chief justice | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 August 2018 | access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.livelaw.in/breaking-centre-notifies-appointment-of-justices-km-joseph-indira-banerjee-and-vineet-saran-as-sc-judges/ | title=Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justices KM Joseph, Indira Banerjee And Vineet Saran As SC Judges | publisher=Live Law | work=Apoorva Mandhani| date=3 August 2018 | access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> He is also a former judge of the [[Karnataka High Court]] and [[Allahabad High Court]].


== Career ==
== Career ==
Justice Vineet Saran was born on 11 May 1957. He was enrolled as an [[Advocate]] on 28 July 1980. He practiced before the [[Allahabad High Court]] in all matters. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the [[Allahabad High Court]] on 14 February 2002. He was thereafter transferred to [[Karnataka High Court]] on 16 February 2015 and was appointed as [[Chief justice|Chief Justice]] of [[Orissa High Court]] on 26 February 2016.  
Vineet Saran was born on 11 May 1957. He was enrolled as an [[advocate]] on 28 July 1980. He practiced before the [[Allahabad High Court]] in all matters. He was appointed a permanent judge of the Allahabad High Court on 14 February 2002. He was thereafter transferred to the [[Karnataka High Court]] on 16 February 2015 and was appointed chief justice of the [[Orissa High Court]] on 26 February 2016.


He was appointed a [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]] on 7 August 2018.<br />
He was appointed as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] on 7 August 2018. He retired on 10 May 2022.
 
In July 2022, he was reported as having been appointed as the BCCI ombudsman and ethics officer, in a position that had been vacant for over a year since the end of Justice (retired) DK Jain’s tenure ended in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Acharya |first=Shayan |date=2022-07-19 |title=Justice Vineet Saran appointed BCCI ombudsman and ethics officer |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/bcci-ethics-officer-ombudsman-supreme-court-judge-retired-justice-vineet-saran-cricket-news/article65657911.ece |access-date=2025-07-23 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref>  


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Vineet Saran
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office
7 August 2018 – 10 May 2022
Nominated byDipak Misra
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
29th Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court
In office
26 February 2016 – 6 August 2018
Nominated byT. S. Thakur
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Preceded byDhirendra Hiralal Waghela
Succeeded byKalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri
Judge of the Karnataka High Court
In office
16 February 2015 – 25 February 2016
Nominated byH. L. Dattu
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Judge of the Allahabad High Court
In office
14 February 2002 – 15 February 2015
Nominated bySam Piroj Bharucha
Appointed byKocheril Raman Narayanan
Personal details
Born (1957-05-11) 11 May 1957 (age 69)
Alma materAllahabad University

Vineet Saran (born 11 May 1957) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and the ethics officer and ombudsman in the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[1] He is a former chief justice of the Orissa High Court.[2][3] He is also a former judge of the Karnataka High Court and Allahabad High Court.

Career[edit | edit source]

Vineet Saran was born on 11 May 1957. He was enrolled as an advocate on 28 July 1980. He practiced before the Allahabad High Court in all matters. He was appointed a permanent judge of the Allahabad High Court on 14 February 2002. He was thereafter transferred to the Karnataka High Court on 16 February 2015 and was appointed chief justice of the Orissa High Court on 26 February 2016.

He was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 7 August 2018. He retired on 10 May 2022.

In July 2022, he was reported as having been appointed as the BCCI ombudsman and ethics officer, in a position that had been vacant for over a year since the end of Justice (retired) DK Jain’s tenure ended in June 2021.[4]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Former SC judge Vineet Saran appointed BCCI ethics officer". The Hindu. PTI. 19 July 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. "High court gets new chief justice". The Times of India. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. "Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justices KM Joseph, Indira Banerjee And Vineet Saran As SC Judges". Apoorva Mandhani. Live Law. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  4. Acharya, Shayan (19 July 2022). "Justice Vineet Saran appointed BCCI ombudsman and ethics officer". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 July 2025.