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| name = Krishna Murari<br />
| image = Justice_Krishna_Murari.jpg<br />
| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
| nominator = [[Ranjan Gogoi]]<br />
| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| term_start = 23 September 2019<br />
| term_end = 8 July 2023<br />
| office1 = Chief Justice of the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2 June 2018<br />
| term_end1 = 22 September 2019<br />
| preceded1 = [[Ajay Kumar Mittal]] (acting)<br />
| appointer1 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| nominator1 = [[Dipak Misra]]<br />
| office2 = Judge of the [[Allahabad High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 7 January 2004<br />
| term_end2 = 1 June 2018<br />
| appointer2 = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| nominator2 = [[V. N. Khare]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|07|9|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Krishna Murari''' (born 9 July 1958) is a retired judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and former chief justice of the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]]. He also served as a judge of the [[Allahabad High Court]] till his elevation as chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Murari was born in a lawyer family of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. His uncles G.N. Verma and R.N. Verma were senior advocates.<ref name=":0" /> Murari passed [[Bachelor of Laws]] from the [[Allahabad University]], [[Prayagraj]]. He was enrolled as an advocate on 23 December 1981 and started practice in the [[Allahabad High Court]] on civil, constitutional, company and revenue matters. In his 22 years law career, he served as standing counsel of Uttar Pradesh State Yarn Company, [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] Primary Co-operative Bank, Uttar Pradesh State Textile Corporation etc. He also appeared for [[Bundelkhand University]] of [[Jhansi]].<ref name=":1" /> Murari was appointed an additional judge of the Allahabad High Court on 7 January 2004 and became the permanent judge in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/service/judgeDetail.jsp?id=80|title=HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref> On 2 June 2018 he was elevated in the post of the chief justice of [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] in [[Chandigarh]] after the retirement of Justice [[Shiavax Jal Vazifdar]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://highcourtchd.gov.in/?trs=chief|title=Hon'ble Judges|website=highcourtchd.gov.in|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/justice-krishna-murari-to-be-punjab-and-haryana-high-court-chief-justice/580024.html|title=Justice Krishna Murari to be Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice|last=Malik|first=Saurabh|date=26 April 2018|newspaper=The Tribune|location=India|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livelaw.in/justice-krishna-murari-appointed-as-chief-justice-of-punjab-and-haryana-high-court-read-notification/|title=Justice Krishna Murari Appointed As Chief Justice Of Punjab And Haryana High Court|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/justice-krishna-murari-set-to-be-chief-justice-of-punjab-and-haryana-high-court/story-UnwqSZbr9jjc4FwkURYOrJ.html|title=Justice Krishna Murari set to be chief justice of Punjab and Haryana high court|website=hindustantimes.com|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref> He was elevated as judge of [[Supreme Court of India]] on 23 September 2019. He retired from the Supreme Court on 8 July 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Krishna Murari |url=https://www.scobserver.in/judges/krishna-murari/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Supreme Court Observer |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Over the course of his Supreme Court tenure, Murari authored 64 judgments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice Krishna Murari: Number of Judgements Authored |url=https://www.scobserver.in/journal/justice-krishna-murari-number-of-judgements-authored/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Supreme Court Observer |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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