Radha Krishna Patra

Radha Krishna Patra (24 November 1942—28 January 2015) was an Indian judge who had served as 9th Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court and judge of the Orissa High Court.

Career Patra was enrolled as an advocate in 1966 and started practice in the Orissa High Court on Civil, Criminal, Revenue, Constitutional and Taxation matters. He served as Standing Counsel in Orissa High Court since 1974. Patra worked there as a Government advocate.

On 22 June 1992 he was appointed an Additional Judge of Orissa High Court and was made permanent on 16 September 1994. In Orissa High Court he served as acting chief justice on three different occasions in 1999, 2000 and 2001 . He was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court on 9 July 2003 and retired on 23 November 2004. After the retirement Justice Patra was appointed the Chairperson of Odisha Human Rights Commission. He led the Commission of Enquiry for the multi crore chit fund scam in the state of Odisha.