Nelavoy Dhinakar

Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
Nelavoy Dhinakar
Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.) Nelavoy Dhinakar
4th Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court
	In office; 4 December 2005 – 9 June 2006
Nominated by	Y. K. Sabharwal
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded by	Altamas Kabir; S. J. Mukhopadhaya (acting);
Succeeded by	M. Karpaga Vinayagam; S. J. Mukhopadhaya (acting); M. Y. Eqbal (acting);
Judge of Madras High Court
	In office; 5 March 1999 – 3 December 2005
Nominated by	A. S. Anand
Appointed by	K. R. Narayanan
	Acting Chief Justice
	In office; 11 October 2005 – 11 November 2005
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded by	Markandey Katju
Succeeded by	A. P. Shah
Judge of Kerala High Court
	In office; 30 November 1994 – 4 March 1999
Nominated by	A. M. Ahmadi
Appointed by	S. D. Sharma
Judge of Madras High Court
	In office; 17 October 1994 – 29 November 1994
Nominated by	M. N. Venkatachaliah
Appointed by	S. D. Sharma
Personal details
Born	10 June 1944
Education	B.A. and LL.B

Nelavoy Dhinakar (born 10 June 1944) is a retired Indian judge and former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.^[1]

Career

Dhinakar was born in 1944. He passed B.A., B.L. and was enrolled as an advocate on 31 January 1968. Dhinakar practised in the Madras High Court on criminal and constitutional matters. He was appointed additional public prosecutor, special public prosecutor and Government advocate in the High Court in 1977.^[2] On 17 October 1994 Dhinakar became permanent judge of the Madras High Court. On 30 November 1994 he was transferred to the Kerala High Court thereafter back to the Madras High Court on 5 March 1999. He also performed as the acting Chief Justice of this High Court.^[3] On 4 December 2005 he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court after Justice Altamas Kabir.^[4] Justice Dhinakar retired on 10 June 2006. He was the Chairperson of Kerala State Human Rights Commission from 2006 to 2011.

References

^ "High Court of Jharkhand, India". jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
^ "Chief justice sworn in". The Telegraph. India. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "Briefly". The Hindu. 15 October 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
^ "Justice Dhinakar new Chief Justice of Jharkhand HC". Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[1] "High Court of Jharkhand, India". jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 6 January 2026.

[2] "Chief justice sworn in". The Telegraph. India. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[3] "Briefly". The Hindu. 15 October 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[4] "Justice Dhinakar new Chief Justice of Jharkhand HC". Retrieved 25 February 2019.

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