Ritu Khullar
Ritu Khullar | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of Alberta | |
| Assumed office November 28, 2022 | |
| Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Catherine Fraser |
| Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories | |
| Assumed office November 28, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Catherine Fraser |
| Chief Justice of the Nunavut Court of Appeal | |
| Assumed office November 28, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Catherine Fraser |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) Fort Vermilion, Alberta, Canada |
| Residence(s) | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | judge |
Ritu Khullar is a Canadian jurist who currently serves as the Chief Justice of Alberta, the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories, and the Nunavut Court of Appeal. She was appointed on November 28, 2022, and sworn in on February 23, 2023. Prior to the Court of Appeal, Justice Khullar was appointed to the Court of King's Bench of Alberta in 2017.
The first woman of South Asian descent to be appointed as a provincial chief justice in Canada, Khullar was a prominent labour, human rights, administrative and constitutional lawyer before becoming a judge and was part of landmark Supreme Court of Canada cases such as Vriend v Alberta and R v Ewanchuk.