Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje

Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (born 6 September 1939) is a retired Indian judge, who served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and currently holds the presidentship of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council).[1]

Life and career

Kokje was born in Madhya Pradesh on 6 September 1939. He started practising law in 1964 after completing his LLB from Indore. He was appointed a judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 28 July 1990. He served as acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court for 11 months in 2001 and was designated as senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India in September 2002.[2]

He became Governor of Himachal Pradesh on 8 May 2003, serving in that post until 19 July 2008.[3] He also served as the President of Bharat Vikas Parishad. On the 14th of April, 2018, he succeeded Pravin Togadia as the International President of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad by defeating Raghav Reddy. Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje elected new VHP chief.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Who is Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje?, The Indian Express, 14 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Governor House, Himachal Pradesh, India - Governors of Himachal Pradesh". himachalrajbhavan.nic.in. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  3. ↑ admin. http://www.abplive.in/videos/vishnu-sadashiv-kokje-becomes-new-vhp-chief-after-defeating-raghav-reddy-683540. Retrieved 2018-04-14. Missing or empty |title= (help)



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