Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel

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Hon'ble Chief Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel
Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2019
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Rajendra Menon
Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court
In office 24 May 2019 – 6 June 2019
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Aniruddha Bose
Succeeded by	Prashant Kumar (acting)
Judge of Jharkhand High Court
In office 3 February 2009 – 23 May 2019
Nominated by	K. G. Balakrishnan
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Judge of Gujarat High Court
In office 7 March 2004 – 2 February 2009
Nominated by	V. N. Khare
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born	(1960-03-13) 13 March 1960 (age 61) Gujarat
Alma mater	L. A. Shah Law College

Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel (born 13 March 1960) is an Indian judge. Presently, he is Chief Justice of Delhi High Court. He is former Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court and also served as Judge of Jharkhand High Court and Gujarat High Court.^[1][2][3]

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Patel holds M.Sc. and L.L.M. degrees. He was born on 13 March 1960. He was enrolled as an advocate on 27 July 1984 and practiced in the Gujarat High Court at Ahmedabad. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court on 7 March 2004 and as Permanent Judge on 25 January 2006. He was transferred as a judge of the Jharkhand High Court on 3 February 2009. He was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court on 24 May 2019. He was elevated as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 7 June 2019.^{[citation needed]}

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