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Misra in 2017
45th Chief Justice of India
In office 28 August 2017 – 2 October 2018
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Jagdish Singh Khehar
Succeeded by	Ranjan Gogoi
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office 10 October 2011 – 28 August 2017
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court
In office 24 May 2010 – 10 October 2014
Appointed by	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by	Ajit Prakash Shah
Succeeded by	D. Murugesan
Chief Justice of the Patna High Court
In office 1 December 2009 – 23 May 2010
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Preceded by	Prafulla Kumar Mishra
Succeeded by	Rekha Manharlal Doshit
Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office 3 March 1997 – 30 November 2009
Appointed by	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Judge of the Orissa High Court
In office 17 January 1996 – 2 March 1997
Appointed by	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Personal details
Born	(1953-10-03) 3 October 1953 (age 71)
Relatives	Ranganath Misra (uncle)
Alma mater	Madhusudan Law College, Cuttack

Dipak Misra (born 3 October 1953) is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. He is also former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court. He is the nephew of Justice Ranganath Misra, who was the 21st Chief Justice from 1990 to 1991.

Career

Misra enrolled at the Bar on 14 February 1977 and practised at the Orissa High Court and the Service Tribunal. He was first appointed an Additional Judge of the Orissa High Court in 1996. The following year, he was transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, where he was made a Permanent Judge on 19 December 1997. In December 2009, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, serving until May 2010, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on 10 October 2011.

Misra had a tenure of thirteen months as chief justice at the Supreme Court after being appointed the 45th Chief Justice of India on 28 August 2017 until mandatory retirement at 65 years of age, on 2 October 2018 and was succeeded by Ranjan Gogoi.