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{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1943)}}
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'''H. K. Sema''' (born 1 June 1943) is an Indian jurist and former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Supreme Court Judges of India |url=https://www.sci.gov.in/former-justices |website=web archive |publisher=SCI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117021545/https://www.sci.gov.in/former-justices |access-date=17 May 2020|archive-date=17 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Retired SC judge advocates own High Court for Nagaland |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/retired-sc-judge-advocates-own-high-court-for-nagaland-114110900458_1.html |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Business Standard India |date=9 November 2014}}</ref> He has also served as the chairperson of [[Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jain |first1=Ritika |title=Most Supreme Court judges like to keep their retirement days busy |url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/most-supreme-court-judges-like-to-keep-their-retirement-days-busy/86192/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=ThePrint |date=25 July 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sema was born on 1 June 1943. He completed his graduation from [[St Joseph's College, Darjeeling]] in 1967 and a [[Bachelor of Laws]] from [[Government Law College, Mumbai]] in 1970.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=Former Hon'ble Judges of the Supreme Court of India/ Chief Justice of India, who served as Chief Justice/ Hon'ble Judge of this High Court |url=https://ghconline.gov.in/index.php/former-honble-judges-of-the-supreme-court-of-india-chief-justice-of-india-who-served-as-chief-justice-honble-judge-of-this-high-court/ |website=ghconline.gov.in |access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref>

==Posts held==
*Junior Government Advocate, Nagaland in 1971-1975.<ref name="Profile"/>
*Assistant Advocate General, Nagaland from 16 November 1985.<ref name="Profile"/>
*Judge of [[Gauhati High Court|Guwahati High Court]], Kohima Bench, 1992-2001<ref>{{cite web |title=GHC judge profile |url=http://kohimahighcourt.gov.in/judgesprofile.aspx |website=Kohima high court |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=28 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428095350/http://kohimahighcourt.gov.in/judgesprofile.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Judge of [[High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh|High Court of Jammu and Kashmir]], 7 June 2001. Appointed Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on 12 September 2001.<ref name="Profile"/>
*Appointed as Chief Justice of [[Gujarat High Court]] on 25 January 2000.<ref name="Profile"/>
*Elevated as Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]], 2002 to 2008.<ref name="Profile"/>
*Chairperson of Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission.<ref name="Profile"/>

==References==
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[[Category:21st-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of India]]

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