Vijaya Tahilramani
Vijaya Tahilramani | |
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| Chief Justice of the Madras High Court | |
| In office 4 August 2018 – 6 September 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Dipak Misra |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Indira Banerjee |
| Succeeded by | Vineet Kothari (acting) |
| Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court | |
Acting | |
| In office 5 December 2017 – 3 August 2018 | |
| Nominated by | Dipak Misra |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1958 Bombay, Bombay State, India |
Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani (born 3 October 1958) is a former Indian judge and prosecutor, who last served as the chief justice of the Madras High Court. Previously, as a judge of the Bombay High Court, she notably upheld the conviction of several persons for the rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during the 2002 Gujarat riots, chastising investigative authorities for their inaction in the matter, and also refused parole for those convicted in the 1993 Bombay bombings. She retired in 2019, after refusing to accept a controversial transfer from the Madras High Court to the Meghalaya High Court.