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{{Short description|Chief Justice of Orissa High Court}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chakradhari Sharan Singh
| office = 34th [[Chief Justice]] of [[Orissa High Court]]
| term_start = 7 February 2024
| term_end = 19 January 2025
| appointer = [[Droupadi Murmu]]
| nominator = [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]]
| appointer1 =
| office2 = [[Judge]] of [[Patna High Court]]
| term_start2 = 5 April 2012
| term_end2 = 6 February 2024<br>{{small|Acting CJ: 6 February 2023 – 28 March 2023}}
| appointer2 = [[Pratibha Patil]]
| nominator2 = [[S. H. Kapadia]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|1|20|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
| alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]]
| predecessor = [[Subhasis Talapatra]]
| successor = [[Harish Tandon]]<br> [[Arindam Sinha]] (acting)
}}

'''Chakradhari Sharan Singh''' (born 20 January 1963) is an Indian former judge, who served as the [[Chief Justice]] of [[Orissa High Court]] and as [[Acting (law)|acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of [[Patna High Court]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Upadhyay |first=Sparsh |date=4 February 2023 |title=President Appoints Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh As Acting Chief Justice Of Patna High Court |work=Live Law |url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/president-appoints-justice-chakradhari-sharan-singh-as-acting-chief-justice-of-patna-high-court-220750 |access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The High Court of Judicature at Patna |url=https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/judge/MzI=-3Ra--am1--YY0Z044= |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=patnahighcourt.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-04 |title=Chakradhari Sharan Singh is new chief justice of Patna High Court |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/chakradhari-sharan-singh-is-new-chief-justice-of-patna-high-court-101675530153100.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=कुमार |first=शशांक |date=2023-02-05 |title=पटना हाईकोर्ट के 2 जस्टिस बने सुप्रीम कोर्ट में जज, चक्रधारी शरण सिंह बने एक्टिंग चीफ न्यायाधीश |url=https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/patna-high-court-justice-sanjay-karol-and-ahsanuddin-amanullah-of-patna-high-court-were-made-judges-in-supreme-court-of-india-chakradhari-sharan-singh-became-acting-cj-ann-2326261 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=www.abplive.com |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Orders of appointment of Shri Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Senior-most Judge, Patna High Court as an Acting Chief Justice of that High Court (04.02.2023) {{!}} Department of Justice {{!}} India |url=https://doj.gov.in/document/orders-of-appointment-of-shri-justice-chakradhari-sharan-singh-senior-most-judge-patna-high-court-as-an-acting-chief-justice-of-that-high-court-04-02-2023/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-05 |title=न्यायमूर्ति चक्रधारी शरण सिंह बने पटना HC के कार्यवाहक जज, संजय करोल की ली जगह |url=https://bihar.punjabkesari.in/bihar/news/justice-chakradhari-sharan-singh-appointed-acting-judge-of-patna-hc-1765348 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=punjabkesari}}</ref>

==Career==
He obtained his LL.B. Degree from Campus Law Centre, [[University of Delhi]]. He was enrolled as an [[Advocate]] on 30 October 1990. He was appointed as Additional Standing Counsel, Central Government in 1998 and continued as such up to 2001. He practiced in service, constitutional and criminal matters and dealt with cases under Labour Laws and Customs. He was appointed as panel counsel by [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]] for conducting cases on behalf of Accountant General Office in [[Patna High Court]]. On 18 September 2010, he was designated as [[Senior Advocate]]. He was appointed as Additional Advocate General, [[Government of Bihar]] in the year 2010. He was elevated as an Additional [[Judge]] of [[Patna High Court]] on 5 April 2012. He was appointed as a permanent judge of the [[Patna High Court]] on 2 March 2016. He served as [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of [[Patna High Court]] from 6 February 2023 till 28 March 2023. He was patron-in-chief of Bihar State Legal Services Authority from 6 February 2023 to 28 March 2023. He held the position of patron-in-chief of Bihar Judicial Academy and Bihar State Legal Services Authority from 6 February 2023 to 28 March 2023. He then served as Executive Chairman, Bihar State Legal Services Authority from 29 March 2023 to 6 February 2024.

He was appointed as [[Chief Justice]] of [[Orissa High Court]] on 7 February 2024. He then served as the patron-in-chief of the Odisha Judicial Academy and the Odisha State Legal Services Authority.<ref>{{Cite web |title=न्यायमूर्ति चक्रधारी शरण सिंह बने Patna High Court के कार्यवाहक मुख्य न्यायाधीश, संजय करोल की ली जगह |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/patna/justice-chakradhari-sharan-singh-appointed-as-the-acting-chief-justice-of-patna-high-court/articleshow/97609631.cms |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2023-02-04 |title=Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh becomes Acting CJ of Patna HC |url=https://theprint.in/india/justice-chakradhari-sharan-singh-becomes-acting-cj-of-patna-hc/1354572/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>

He retired on 19 January 2025.

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