Honorable Judges

Justice Rajesh Bindal

• Born on 16th April, 1961 at Ambala City in the State of Haryana. Got LL.B. Degree from Kurukshetra University in 1985 and started his legal journey from High Court of Punjab & Haryana in September 1985
• Represented Income-tax Department, Haryana region and Employees Provident Fund Organization (Punjab & Haryana Regions) before the High Court and Central Administrative Tribunal and Chandigarh Administration before Central Administrative Tribunal.
• Remained associated, on behalf of State of Haryana, in settlement of the dispute concerning Satluj Yamuna Water with State of Punjab before theEradi Tribunal and the Supreme Court of India.
• Elevated as a Judge of High Court of Punjab & Haryana on March 22, 2006.
• A multi-member Committee was constituted under his Chairmanship pursuant to Resolution No. 7 adopted in the Chief Justices Conference, 2016 and entrusted with the task to create a uniform platform and formulate Guidelines for the Reception, Retrieval, Authentication and Preservation of Electronic evidence. The Committee submitted its Report including Draft Rules for reception of Electronic Evidence to Hon’ble the Supreme Court in November 2018.
• Was appointed Chairman of a multi-member Committee constituted by Ministry of Women and Child Development to study Civil and Legal Aspects of International Child Abduction Bill, 2016, and Inter Country Removal & Retention of Children. Report accompanied by the recommendations and draft of the Protection of Children (Inter-Country Removal and Retention) Bill, 2018 was submitted to the Ministry in April 2018. (https://wcd.nic.in/).
• Before his transfer to High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, he remained President, Board of Governors of Chandigarh Judicial Academy and Chairman of various Committees including Computer Committee and was instrumental in development of large number of Softwares including development of Software MedLEaPR (Medico-Legal Examination and Post-Martem Reporting System). The MedLEaPR is a workflow based web based centralized system for preparation of Medico Legal and Post Mortem Reports, which provides requisite access security, based on roles &responsibilites of concerned doctors, health institutes etc. Beside Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, this application is replicted in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Rajsthan, Madhya Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have also shown interest in the system. In this web based application all records pertaining to MLR and PMR are not only computersied but synced with the Court File in both States of Punjab and Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh.
• FSL#MedLEaPR is integrated solution for preparation of laboratories reports for FSL, Chemical, Food, Drug for seamless flow of information in secured manner with the court cases.
• Under his guidance, the State of Haryana developed Litigation Management System at High Courts and District Level to effectively manage the state litigation. The same system has been adopted by the States of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.
• On transfer to High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, he took oath of office on 19th November, 2018. He was nominated as Chairman of the Committee constituted for conducting assessment for optimal use of technology by National Legal Services Authority and the State Legal Services Authorities including use of Artificial Intelligence. Report was submitted to National Legal Services Authority.
• He was also Member of the Committee constituted by National Legal Services Authority to go into the existing framework of Lok Adalats and Mediation and to suggest ways for enhancing operational efficiency and plugging gaps, if any, for better application of these ADR mechanisms for weaker sections of the society.
• Appointed to perform the duties of office of the Acting Chief Justice of the Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh with effect from 8th December,2020.
• Transferred as a Judge of the High Court at Calcutta and was sworn on January 5, 2021.
• A Committee was constituted under his Chaimanship by e-Committee of the Supreme Court to formulate Model Electronic Register, which can be adopted for use with suitable regional variation in all parts of the country by the District Judiciary to replace manual registers and avoid multiple entries. Report stands submitted.
• Appointed to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court at Calcutta with effect from 27th April, 2021.
• Took oath as Chief Justice of High Court of Judicature at Allahabad on October 11, 2021.
• Elevated as Judge of Supreme Court of India and assumed office on 13.02.2023.