Vikram Nath
Vikram Nath | |
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| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
| Assumed office 31 August 2021 | |
| Nominated by | N. V. Ramana |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 25th Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court | |
| In office 10 September 2019 – 30 August 2021 | |
| Nominated by | Ranjan Gogoi |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | R. Subhash Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Aravind Kumar |
| Judge of the Allahabad High Court | |
| In office 24 September 2004 – 9 September 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Ramesh Chandra Lahoti |
| Appointed by | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1962 Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | University of Lucknow |
Vikram Nath (born 24 September 1962) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Gujarat High Court and former judge of the Allahabad High Court. He was earlier recommended as chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court but the centre disapproved the recommendations. He is the first chief justice of a High Court in India to live stream its proceedings on Youtube during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court on 31 August 2021. He is scheduled to become the 54th Chief Justice of India, if the convention of seniority is followed.