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| birth_name = Balbir Singh Chauhan <br />
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| office = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
| term_start = 11 May 2009<br />
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| office2 = [[Odisha High Court#Former Chief Justices|Chief Justice, Odisha High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 16 July 2008<br />
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'''Balbir Singh Chauhan''' (born 2 July 1949) is the chairperson of [[Kaveri River water dispute|Cauvery water dispute tribunal]] and the current Chairman of the 21st [[Law Commission of India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/balbir-singh-chauhan-new-law-commission-chairman/article8336976.ece|title=Ex-SC judge Balbir Singh Chauhan new Law Commission chairman|date=2016-03-10|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-06-14}}</ref> He was a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] from May 2009 to July 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/justice-b-s-chauhan-appointed-as-the-chairman-of-cwdt-1400149782-1 | title=Justice B S Chauhan appointed as the Chairman of CWDT | publisher=jagranjosh.com | accessdate=16 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311191227/http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/justice-b-s-chauhan-appointed-as-the-chairman-of-cwdt-1400149782-1 | archive-date=11 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/balbirsinghchauhan.htm | title=Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan - Supreme Court of India | publisher=supremecourtofindia.nic.in | accessdate=6 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924204448/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/balbirsinghchauhan.htm | archive-date=24 September 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He previously served as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court from July 2008 to May 2009.<br />
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In July 2020, he was appointed to lead a judicial commission that would look into the [[Vikas Dubey|Vikas Dubey case]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Vaidyanathan|first=A|date=22 July 2020|editor-last=Ghosh|editor-first=Deepshikha|title=How Vikas Dubey Got Bail Is Focus Of Probe: Supreme Court's Brief|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/how-did-gangster-vikas-dubey-get-bail-former-supreme-court-judge-bs-chauhan-to-investigate-2266943|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-22|website=NDTV}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Anand|first=Utkarsh|date=22 July 2020|title=Why Vikas Dubey Was Out on Bail is Focus, Says SC on Encounter Probe|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/why-vikas-dubey-was-out-on-bail-is-focus-says-sc-on-encounter-probe-2728027.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-22|website=News18}}</ref><br />
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