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| name = Ajit Bharihoke
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'''Ajit Bharihoke''' is a former judge of the [[Delhi High Court]].<ref name="Justice Bharihoke's profile at Delhi HC website">{{cite web|title=Justice Bharihoke's profile at Delhi HC website|url=http://www.delhihighcourt.nic.in/formerjudges.asp?currentPage=16|publisher=Delhi High Court|accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref> He is known for presiding over several high-profile cases such as [[Bofors Scandal]],<ref name="KNOW YOUR BOFORS">{{cite news|title=KNOW YOUR BOFORS|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1624/16240100.htm|accessdate=29 September 2012|newspaper=Frontline|volume=16|issue=24|date=13–26 November 1999|author=N Ram|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017230919/http://frontlineonnet.com/fl1624/16240100.htm|archivedate=17 October 2007}}</ref> [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha bribery case]], [[St Kitts case]], [[Lakhubhai Pathak]] case,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com//news/apr/01lakhu.htm|title=Lakhubhai Pathak dead|accessdate=29 September 2012|newspaper=Rediff.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530014839/http://www.rediff.com//news/apr/01lakhu.htm|archivedate=30 May 2010}}</ref> [[Urea Scam]].<ref name="Justice Ajit Bharihoke Retires">{{cite news|title=Justice Ajit Bharihoke Retires|url=http://www.legalindia.in/justice-ajit-bharihoke-retires|accessdate=29 September 2012|newspaper=Legal India|date=15 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170330/http://www.legalindia.in/justice-ajit-bharihoke-retires|archive-date=17 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Early life, education and career ==
He earned an [[LLB]] degree from [[Punjab University, Chandigarh]] and subsequently joined Delhi Judicial Service on 7 December 1974.<ref name="Justice Ajit Bharihoke retires - HT">{{cite news|title=Justice Ajit Bharihoke retires - HT|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Justice-Ajit-Bharihoke-retires/Article1-757501.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301185344/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Justice-Ajit-Bharihoke-retires/Article1-757501.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 March 2012|accessdate=3 October 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=15 October 2011}}</ref> He served in many judicial positions such as [[Sessions Court|Additional District and Sessions Judge]], Special Judge Anti Corruption (CBI), etc. He became Registrar General, [[Delhi High Court]] from 6 January 2007 to 13 May 2009.<ref name="Justice Bharihoke's profile at Delhi HC website"/>

He was appointed as an Additional Judge in Delhi High Court on 14 May 2009<ref name="Justice Bharihoke's profile at Delhi HC website"/> and retired from the post on 16 October 2011.<ref name="Justice Ajit Bharihoke retires - HT"/>

== Prominent judgements ==
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In Jharkhand Mukti Morcha bribery case, he sentenced former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[PV Narasimha Rao]] and former [[Minister for Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]] [[Buta Singh]] to three years’ [[rigorous imprisonment]].<ref name="Rao, Buta get 3 years RI, and bail">{{cite news|title=Rao, Buta get 3 years RI, and bail|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/oct/12rao1.htm|accessdate=3 October 2012|newspaper=Rediff.com|date=12 October 2000|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227013740/http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/oct/12rao1.htm|archivedate=27 February 2009}}</ref><ref name="Justice Ajit Bharihoke to retire on October 16">{{cite news|title=Justice Ajit Bharihoke to retire on October 16|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/city/13408-justice-ajit-bharihoke-to-retire-on-october-16.html|accessdate=3 October 2012|newspaper=The Pioneer|date=15 October 2011}}</ref> This was the first case of a Prime Minister to be convicted in a criminal case.<ref name="Narasimha Rao, Buta face jail terms in JMM case">{{cite news|title=Narasimha Rao, Buta face jail terms in JMM case|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/sep/29jmm.htm|accessdate=3 October 2012|newspaper=Rediff.com|date=29 September 2000|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118144921/http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/sep/29jmm.htm|archivedate=18 November 2008}}</ref>

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