Vinod Kumar Bali

Vinod Kumar Bali (24 January 1945 – 24 December 2022) was an Indian jurist who was the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, and Chief Justice of Kerala High Court.

Career After completing his graduation in Law from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1967 Bali started practicing in District Courts, Karnal in the same year and shifted to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in 1973. He practiced on all subjects of law and specialized in Constitutional, Service, Labour and Industrial Disputes and Criminal Laws.

Bali was sworn in as Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala on 22 January 2006. During his tenure of one year as Chief Justice, he decided several constitutional matters of all the branches of law. During his tenure as Chief Justice, 120 Full Bench cases pending in Kerala High Court were disposed of. For the first time in the history of Kerala High Court, arrears of the cases were reduced by 15000 in one year. He retired on 24 January 2007 on attaining the age of superannuation.