Mohammad Rafiq (judge)

Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
Mohammad Rafiq
26th Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
In office
14 October 2021 – 24 May 2022
Nominated byN. V. Ramana
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Succeeded by
26th Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office
3 January 2021 – 13 October 2021
Nominated byS. A. Bobde
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Succeeded byRavi Malimath
31st Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
In office
27 April 2020 – 2 January 2021
Nominated byS. A. Bobde
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Succeeded byS. Muralidhar
8th Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
In office
13 November 2019 – 26 April 2020
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Succeeded byBiswanath Somadder
Judge of Rajasthan High Court
In office
15 May 2006 – 12 November 2019
Nominated byY. K. Sabharwal
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Acting Chief Justice
In office
7 April 2019 – 4 May 2019
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byPradeep Nandrajog
Succeeded byS. Ravindra Bhat
In office
23 September 2019 – 5 October 2019
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byS. Ravindra Bhat
Succeeded byIndrajit Mahanty
Personal details
Born (1960-05-25) 25 May 1960
Sujangarh, Churu, Rajasthan
EducationB.Com, M.Com and LL.B
Alma materUniversity of Rajasthan

Justice Mohammad Rafiq (born 25 May 1960) is a retired Indian judge. He is a former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Orissa High Court, Himachal Pradesh High Court, and [1] Meghalaya High Court and also a former judge of Rajasthan High Court. Twice, he served as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.[2] He also served as the Chancellor (ex-officio) of Orissa National Law University, Cuttack, National Law University, Bhopal, Dharamshastra National Law University, Jabalpur and Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla.

Early life

Rafiq was born in Sujangarh of Churu district in Indian state of Rajasthan. He earned bachelor's degree from G.H.S. Govt. PG College, Sujangarh affiliated to Rajasthan University in 1980.[3] Then, he continued to study Bachelor of Legislative Law (LLB) and received the LLB degree in 1984. He started his career as an advocate shortly after getting LLB degree. He continued to study further and got the master's degree in 1986.[4]

Career

Rafiq started his career as advocate in 1984 in Rajasthan High Court Jaipur and was later appointed as assistant government advocate on 15 July 1986 and was promoted as Deputy Government Advocate on 22 December 1987.[5] He was appointed as Central Government Standing Counsel in 1992. He was appointed Additional Advocate General of the state of Rajasthan on 7 January 1999. On 15th May 2006, Rafiq was appointed a Judge of Rajasthan High Court, he has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court twice.[6][7]

Rafiq was appointed a Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court on 13 November 2019.[8] He was transferred from Meghalaya High Court to Orissa High Court as the 31st Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and took oath on 27 April 2020.[9][10] He was then transferred as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 31 December 2020 and took oath on 3 January 2021. He was transferred as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court on 9 October 2021 and took oath on 14 October 2021. He retired on 24 May 2022.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Collegium proposes transfer of Meghalaya HC Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq to Orissa, Biswanath Somadder J. as next Chief Justice of Meghalaya". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Appointment of Justice Mohammad Rafiq as Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court notified". Bar & Bench. 3 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Former Chief Justice | Orissa High Court, Cuttack". www.orissahighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  4. ↑ PTI (3 January 2021). "Mohammad Rafiq takes oath as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Justice Mohammad Rafiq appointed new CJ of Meghalaya High Court". syllad.com. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "मोहम्मद रफीक बनें उड़ीसा हाईकोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस". newstrend.news. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. ↑ NETWORK, LIVELAW NEWS (3 April 2019). "Justice Mohammad Rafiq Appointed Acting CJ Of Rajasthan HC". www.livelaw.in. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Mohammad Rafiq to be Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court". The Times of India. 9 November 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Indulia, Bhumika (20 April 2020). "Collegium recommends transfer of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq of Meghalaya HC to Orissa HC". SCC Times. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  10. ↑ archive, From our online (28 April 2020). "Orissa High Court Chief Justice M Rafiq takes oath". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Rathore, Navneet (24 May 2022). "Justice Sabrina appointed as Acting Chief Justice of HP High Court". The News Himachal. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
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