Virender Singh (born 7 October 1954) is an Indian former judge and former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.
Career Singh passed from Government College, Rohtak and completed his Degree of Law from J. V. Jain College, Saharanpur. He started practice from June 1978 in Rohtak. Singh was appointed Deputy Advocate General, Haryana twice from May 1995 to April 1996 and again from July 1996 to January 1999. On 2 July 2002 he was appointed Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court thereafter transferred to Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 19 April 2007. He served as acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court from 2 April 2012 to 8 June 2012. Justice Singh became the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court on 1 November 2014 and retired on 7 October 2016. After the retirement he was appointed the Chairperson of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) on 3 January 2017.
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