Vijaya Tahilramani

Vijaya Tahilramani
Hon'ble Mrs. Justice; Vijaya Tahilramani
Chief Justice of Madras High Court
	In office; 4 August 2018 – 6 September 2019
Nominated by	Dipak Misra
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Indira Banerjee
Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
	In office; 5 December 2017 – 3 August 2018
Nominated by	Dipak Misra
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Personal details
Born	3 October 1958; Bombay, Bombay State, India

Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani is former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.[1][2][3] In 1982, V. K. Tahilramani joined the Bar. She has served as a Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor for Maharashtra. She became Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 5 December 2017.[4] She attained fame for her judgement in Bilkis Bano case. She was the Chief justice of Madras High Court since 4 August 2018. On 21 September 2019 President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Madras High Court Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani with effect from 6 September, when she put in her papers.

Resignation

On 28 August 2019 the collegium headed by Chief Justice of India and 4 other senior most judges of Supreme Court of India recommended the transfer of Justice Tahilramani. She requested the collegium to reconsider but her request was denied by the collegium on 5 September 2019. She submitted her resignation to the President Ram Nath Kovind on 6 September 2019 after being transferred to Meghalaya High Court by Supreme Court collegium. Her resignation letter was accepted on 21 September 2019.

Personal life

Tahilramani is of Sindhi heritage.[5]

References

"Tahilramani to be CJ of Madras High Court". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
Subramani, A (20 July 2018). "Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani to be chief justice of Madras high court". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
"Govt notifies appointments of 3 judges to SC, six chief justices for HCs". The Times of India. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
"Justice VK Tahilramani Appointed As Chief Justice Of Madras High Court". Live Law. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
Palijo, Waseem (8 January 2019). "Most billionaires in India today once resided in Pakistan's Sindh". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

External links

"President Ram Nath Kovind accepts Justice Vijaya Tahilramani's resignation". The Hindu. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

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[1] "Tahilramani to be CJ of Madras High Court". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[2] Subramani, A (20 July 2018). "Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani to be chief justice of Madras high court". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[3] "Govt notifies appointments of 3 judges to SC, six chief justices for HCs". The Times of India. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[4] "Justice VK Tahilramani Appointed As Chief Justice Of Madras High Court". Live Law. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[5] Palijo, Waseem (8 January 2019). "Most billionaires in India today once resided in Pakistan's Sindh". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.