Honorific-Prefix: | Justice (Retired) |
Om Prakash Verma | |
Office: | Governor of Punjab Administrator of Chandigarh |
Term Start: | 8 May 2003 |
Term End: | 3 November 2004 |
Appointer: | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Amarinder Singh |
Predecessor: | J. F. R. Jacob |
Successor: | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai |
Office1: | Governor of Haryana |
Status1: | Additional charge |
Term Start1: | 2 July 2004 |
Term End1: | 7 July 2004 |
Predecessor1: | Babu Parmanand |
Successor1: | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Om Prakash Chautala |
Office2: | Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court |
Term Start2: | 20 November 1997 |
Term End2: | 19 March 1999 |
Appointer2: | K. R. Narayanan |
Predecessor2: | U. P. Singh |
Successor2: | Arijit Pasayat |
Birth Date: | 1937 3, df=y |
Om Prakash Verma (20 March 1937 – 8 December 2015) was an Indian administrator. He was the Governor of Punjab (2003–04), Governor of Haryana (briefly during July 2004), Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and the chairman of the Himachal Pradesh Human Rights Commission. He was born in Garhmukteshwar District, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.He was also the Lokayukta of Himachal Pradesh before taking over the Governorship of Punjab.[1] [2] [3]
He read law at the Campus Law Centre of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.