Vijay Kumar Bist

Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
Vijay Kumar Bist
Chairman of Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission
In office
18 March 2023 – 17 March 2026
Appointed byGurmit Singh
Succeeded byGirdhar Singh Dharmshaktu
In office
21 January 2020 – 20 January 2023
Appointed byBaby Rani Maurya
Preceded byJagadish Bhalla
Chairman of Sikkim Human Rights Commission
In office
5 November 2019 – 4 November 2022
Appointed byGanga Prasad
Preceded byNarendra Kumar Jain
Succeeded byM. M. Rai
20th Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
In office
30 October 2018 – 16 September 2019
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Judge of Uttarakhand High Court
In office
1 November 2008 – 29 October 2018
Nominated byK. G. Balakrishnan
Appointed byPratibha Patil
Acting Chief Justice
In office
5 June 2014 – 30 July 2014
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Preceded byBarin Ghosh
Succeeded byK. M. Joseph
Personal details
Born (1957-09-17) September 17, 1957 (age 69)
Lansdown, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
EducationAllahabad University (LL.B)

Vijay Kumar Bist (born 17 September 1957) is a retired Indian judge, who had served as the 9th Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court and former judge of Uttarakhand High Court.

Career

Bist was born in Lansdown, Pauri Garhwal district, in Uttarakhand. He passed from Intermediate College Kanskhet, Pauri Garhwal and completed LL.B. from Allahabad University. He enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh in 1984 and started practice under S.P. Gupta, Senior Advocate from 1984 in the various courts of Uttar Pradesh as well as Allahabad High Court. He practised in Allahabad High Court till November 2000 when Uttarakhand High Court was created and he shifted his practice to here. In his lawyer career, Bist was the Legal advisor and Standing Counsel of Allahabad University, North Eastern Railway, various Corporations, Housing Federation, Development Authority like government undertaking institutions. He also served as panel advocate of Uttarakhand State Government in the Uttarakhand High Court. He was designated as senior advocate on 1 July 2004

He was elevated as Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court on 1 November 2008 and served as its acting chief justice from 5 June 2014 to 30 July 2014. On 30 October 2018 Justice Bist was appointed the Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court.He retired on 16 September 2019.

Post retirement he was appointed as the chairman of the Sikkim State Human Rights Commission and assumed office on 5 November 2019 succeeding Justice Narendra Kumar Jain. He served in this position till 4 November 2022. He was appointed as chairman Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission in 2020.

References

  1. ↑ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vijai Kumar Bist | High Court of Sikkim". hcs.gov.in. Archived from the original on 10 March 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Press Trust of India (30 October 2018). "Vijay Kumar Bist sworn in as Sikkim High Court chief justice". Business Standard. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Uttarakhand verdict: Justice VK Bist — a local who rose through the ranks". The Times of India. 22 April 2016. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Judges". highcourtofsikkim.nic.in. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Justice VK Bist appointed as acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand HC".
  6. ↑ "Justice Vijay Kumar Bist to become next Chief Justice of Sikkim". Summit Times. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Vijay Kumar Bist sworn in as Sikkim High Court chief justice". Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Sikkim State Human Rights Commission". sshrc.nic.in. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Uttarakhand State Human Rights Commission". ukhrc.org. Retrieved 17 October 2026.