Retired Supreme Court Justice S Ravindra Bhat has been designated as a Distinguished Professor by the National Law University Sonepat in Haryana.

On Thursday, Vice Chancellor Archana Misra presented the appointment letter to the retired Supreme Court judge.

"Prof Archana Mishra, Vice Chancellor, expressed her enthusiasm for Justice Bhat's appointment and outlined plans to establish research centers and collaborations with industry and law firms to position NLU Sonepat as a world-class institution," the University stated.

"Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shripathi Ravindra Bhat, whose illustrious career in the judiciary has earned him a stellar reputation, now steps into the academic sphere to nurture the next generation of legal minds.''

Justice Bhat retired from service on October 20, concluding a tenure of just over four years at the apex court. He got his law degree from the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1982 and was enrolled with the Delhi Bar Council in the same year. He practiced before the Supreme Court and attained the status of an advocate-on-record in 1989.

On July 16, 2004, he was appointed as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court, and he became a permanent judge on February 20, 2006. In May 2019, he was designated as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, where he served until his elevation to the Supreme Court on September 23, 2019.