Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore (born 1 July 1953) is a former judge at the Jaipur bench of Rajasthan High Court[1][2][3]
Early life and education edit
Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore was born on 1 July 1953. He went to Mayo College Ajmer for his schooling and passed out in the year 1970. Justice Rathore graduated from Kirori Mal College, New Delhi. After finishing B.A. (Hons.) Justice Rathore enrolled himself for education in Law and completed LL.B. from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in 1977.
Career edit
Shri Raghuvendra Singh Rathore enrolled himself as Advocate with Bar Council of Rajasthan on 5 November 1977. Shri Rathore practised in civil criminal and constitutional branches of law. He was appointed as Additional Advocate General by the State Government of Rajasthan. He also represented a number of Government as well as non-Government Departments.
He was appointed to the National Green Tribunal in January 2016.[4][5]
Judgeship edit
On 5 July 2007 Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore was elevated an Additional Judge of Rajasthan High Court.[5] Since then Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore is sitting at Jaipur bench of Rajasthan High Court.
Controversy edit
In 2013, Rathore was reported to have been confining his 30-year old daughter at home in order to prevent her inter-caste marriage. The Supreme Court had to intervene and free her from unlawful detention.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ "Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore". Rajasthan High Court. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "Appointments of Judges". Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India. 5 November 2008.
- ^ "Ward lottery for Nagar Nigam questioned in HCAbhinav Sharma, TNN". The Times of India. 24 October 2009. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore". National Green Tribunal. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ a b Yousuf, Sumaiya (4 February 2018). "Judicial, expert members of central bench of NGT transferred to principal bench". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ J, Venkatesan (16 December 2013). "Supreme Court to the rescue of HC judge's daughter". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "SC allows Rajasthan HC judge's daughter to marry her boyfriend". Zee News. Zee Media. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2019.