Justice Chauhan is the seniormost judge at Himachal Pradesh High Court after the Chief Justice. He did his schooling from Shimla and studied law at Panjab University, Chandigarh.
The Court ordered Superintendent of Police of Giridih to increase the number of Home guards on the Hill to ensure effective implementation of the prohibitions.
A change in law to make the government/ insurer liable to pay a fixed sum to the vehicle owner in case of injury or death is the need of the day, the Court said.
The lawyers have been boycotting the courts of Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Rongon Mukhopadhyay since March 6.
He had served as the Advocate General of Jammu and Kashmir and as judge of Jammu and Kashmir and Calcutta High Courts and as Chief Justice of Jharkhand, Himachal and Uttarakhand High Courts.