Arup Kumar Goswami

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Nominated byN. V. Ramana
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
Arup Kumar Goswami
14th Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
In office
12 October 2021  10 March 2023
Nominated byN. V. Ramana
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Succeeded by
2nd Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
In office
6 January 2021  11 October 2021
Nominated bySharad Arvind Bobde
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byJ. K. Maheshwari
Succeeded byPrashant Kumar Mishra
21st Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
In office
15 October 2019  5 January 2021
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Succeeded byJ. K. Maheshwari
Judge of the Gauhati High Court
In office
24 January 2011  14 October 2019
Nominated byS. H. Kapadia
Appointed byPratibha Patil
Acting Chief Justice
In office
24 May 2019  6 October 2019
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byA. S. Bopanna
Succeeded byAjai Lamba
In office
6 September 2018  28 October 2018
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byAjit Singh
Succeeded byA. S. Bopanna
Personal details
Born (1961-03-11) 11 March 1961 (age 65)
EducationGraduation in Economics (Hons.) and LL.B
Alma materCotton College, Gauhati, Government Law College, Gauhati

Justice Arup Kumar Goswami (born 11 March 1961) is a retired Indian judge, a former chief justice of three high courts of India (Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh[1][2] and Sikkim)[3] and a former judge of the Gauhati High Court where he also served as Acting Chief Justice twice.[4]

As advocate

Graduated in Economics (Hons.) from Cotton College under Gauhati University in 1981. Obtained LL.B. Degree from Government Law College, Guwahati in 1985. Enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on 16 August 1985. Practiced mainly on the Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Service matters.

Was designated as Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court on 21 December 2004.

Was Standing Counsel of the Gauhati High Court, Karbi-Anglong Autonomous Council and North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council. Had also been a Senior Standing Counsel, Education Department, Government of Assam.

As judge

Post retirement

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