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{{Short description|Indian judge}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = G. Rohini
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| office = Chief Justice of [[Delhi High Court]]
| term_start = 21 April 2014
| term_end = 13 April 2017
| nominator = Collegium of [[Supreme Court of India]]
| appointer = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| predecessor = [[N. V. Ramana]]
| successor = Acting [[Gita Mittal]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|4|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
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'''Gorla Rohini''' (born 14 April 1955) is a former Indian [[judge]] and currently head of a government commission investigating categories of [[Other Backward Class]]es in India. She was the first female Chief Justice of the [[Delhi High Court]] and also served as a judge on the [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]].

== Early life ==
G. Rohini was born on 14 April 1955 in [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE G. ROHINI : : APHC|url=http://hc.tap.nic.in/aphc/rgj.html|access-date=2020-07-08|website=hc.tap.nic.in}}</ref> She completed her bachelor's degree in science at [[Osmania University]] and law at [[Andhra University College of Law]], Visakhapatnam.<ref name="aphc">{{cite web | url=http://hc.ap.nic.in/aphc/rgj.html | title=The Hon'ble Ms. Justice G. Rohini | publisher=Andhra Pradesh High Court | work=National Informatics Centre | accessdate=11 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317064647/http://hc.ap.nic.in/aphc/rgj.html | archive-date=17 March 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Litigation ===
G. Rohini began her career as an advocate in Andhra Pradesh, working in the chambers of senior advocate Koka Raghava Rao from 1980 onwards.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Khanna|first=Priyanka Mittal,Pretika|date=2017-10-03|title=Justice G. Rohini, chief of OBC sub-categorization panel, is no stranger to quota issue|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/apJaJEnbx6yWNzu6XN9AdP/Justice-G-Rohini-to-head-panel-on-OBC-subcategorization.html|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Livemint|language=en}}</ref> As an advocate, her practice focused on administrative and civil matters in courts in the State of Andhra Pradesh.<ref name="setto">{{cite news|date=24 February 2014|title=Delhi HC set to get first woman Chief Justice|work=The Indian Express|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/delhi/delhi-hc-set-to-get-first-woman-chief-justice/|accessdate=11 March 2014}}</ref> She also worked on issues concerning the protection of the girl child and working women.<ref name="setto" /> She was also involved in legal journalism, as a reporter and served as executive editor of Andhra Pradesh Law Journals in 1985.<ref name="aphc" /><ref name="setto" /> In 1994, she was appointed as a Government pleader, appearing for the Government of Andhra Pradesh in cases concerning environment, consumer affairs, labour, employment and civil service.<ref name="setto" /> She also served as the Chair of the Andhra Pradesh Bar Council.<ref name="ndtv.com">{{Cite web|title=Delhi: G Rohini sworn in as High Court's first woman Chief Justice|url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/delhi-g-rohini-sworn-in-as-high-courts-first-woman-chief-justice-558220|access-date=2020-07-08|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

=== Judge, Andhra Pradesh High Court ===
G. Rohini was appointed as an additional judge on the Andhra Pradesh High Court on 25 June 2001, and became a permanent judge on 31 July 2002.<ref name=":0" /> During her tenure at the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Rohini was a judge in a number of significant decisions, including a judgment that allowed the state government to appoint special officers to local governments, as well as establishing quotes in local governments for Other Backward Classes.<ref name=":1" />

While serving as a judge on the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Rohini was the head of the Andhra Pradesh State Legal Services Authority, and the High Court Juvenile Justice Committee, and released a manual on the rights of women.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="ndtv.com"/> She was also the chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy.

'''Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court'''

On 21 April 2014, G. Rohini was appointed as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, and is the first female judge to hold that position.<ref>{{cite news|date=22 April 2014|title=Delhi gets its first woman Chief Justice|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-gets-its-first-woman-chief-justice/article5936279.ece|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> She succeeded Justice N.V. Ramana.

During her tenure as a judge in the Delhi High Court, G. Rohini was a judge in a number of cases concerning significant questions of constitutional law, such as the ongoing conflict regarding the division of state and central power in concerning the administration of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the right to privacy on instant messaging platforms, and the audit of public power distribution companies by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.<ref name=":1" /> Previously, she was the judge at [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]]. She retired as the Chief justice of Delhi High Court on 13.04.2017 on attaining superannuation.

=== Post-Judicial Appointments ===

==== Commission for Sub-Categorisation of OBCs ====
In October 2017, G. Rohini was appointed by President of India to head a five member commission to examine the sub-categorization of [[Other Backward Class|Other Backward Classes (OBC)]] under Article 340 of the Indian Constitution.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Commission for Sub-Categorisation of OBCs|url=http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1575533|access-date=2020-07-08|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> In July 2021, the Commission received its eleventh extension of time to complete this task, with a report now due on January 31, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-22|title=Cabinet nod to extension of Justice Rohini commission examining sub-categorisation within OBCs|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-cabinet-nod-to-extension-of-justice-rohini-commission-examining-sub-categorisation-within-obcs-2810435|access-date=2020-07-08|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Priyanka Mittal, Pretika Khanna, [https://www.livemint.com/Politics/apJaJEnbx6yWNzu6XN9AdP/Justice-G-Rohini-to-head-panel-on-OBC-subcategorization.html Justice G. Rohini, chief of OBC sub-categorization panel, is no stranger to quota issue], LiveMint (3 October 2017)

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