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{{short description|Former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
| name = Govind Mathur
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| image =
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| caption = Govind Mathur taking Oath as a CJ by Governor UP Shri [[Ram Naik]]
| office =[[Chief Justice]] of [[Allahabad High Court]]
| term_start = 14 November 2018
| term_end = 13 April 2021
| nominator = [[Ranjan Gogoi]]
| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| successor =
| office2 = [[Judge]] of [[Allahabad High Court]]
| term_start2 = 21 November 2017
| term_end2 =13 November 2018
| appointer2 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
|nominator2=[[Dipak Misra]]
| office3 = [[Judge]] of [[Rajasthan High Court]]
| term_start3 = 2 September 2004
| term_end3 = 20 November 2017
| nominator3 = [[Ramesh Chandra Lahoti]]
| appointer3 = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|04|14|df=y}}
| birth_place =
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'''Govind Mathur''' (born 14 April 1959) is an Indian Judge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://doj.gov.in/appointment-of-judges/list-high-court-judges|title=List of High Court Judges {{!}} Department of Justice {{!}} Ministry of Law & Justice {{!}} GoI|website=doj.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2018-10-25}}</ref> He is Former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Allahabad High Court]] and Former [[Judge]] of [[Allahabad High Court]] and [[Rajasthan High Court]].

==Career==
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Govind Mathur was appointed as additional judge of [[Rajasthan High Court]] on 2nd Sept 2004. He was promoted to permanent judge on 29 May 2006.
He was transferred to [[Allahabad High Court]] on 21 November 2017.<br> On 24 October 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barandbench.com/govind-mathur-acting-chief-justice-allahabad-hc/|title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice Govind Mathur|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref> being the senior most Justice of court, he was appointed as acting Chief Justice of the [[Allahabad High Court]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://barandbench.com/govind-mathur-acting-chief-justice-allahabad-hc/|title=Justice Govind Mathur to take charge as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad HC tomorrow [Read Notification] - Bar & Bench|date=2018-10-23|work=Bar & Bench|access-date=2018-10-25|language=en-US}}</ref> On 10 November 2018, he was appointed as [[Chief Justice]] of [[Allahabad High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/Appointment%20of%20Shri%20Justice%20%20Govind%20Mathur%2C%20ACJ%20as%20CJ%20of%20Allahabad%20High%20Court.pdf|title=Justice Govind Mathur appointed as CJ of Allahabad High Court|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

On 14 November 2018, he took oath as [[Chief Justice]] of [[Allahabad High Court]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}
He retired on 13 April 2021.

Justice Mathur frequently adopted a pro-human rights, pro-privacy, and pro-free speech approach while deciding issues and believed in the Court's duty as a guardian of fundamental rights.

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[[Category:1959 births]]
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[[Category:Judges of the Rajasthan High Court]]
[[Category:Chief Justices of the Allahabad High Court]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian judges]]

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->Aayushmanaeron at 06:57, 31 August 2021