Acting Chief Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri

Born on 7th March,1954. Had excellent academic record. Stood Third in the merit list in Higher Secondary from CBSE, Delhi. Did his B.Com(Hons.) from Shriram College, Delhi University in the year 1974 and LL.B from Law Faculty in University of Delhi in the year 1977. Awarded Gold Medal for attaining first position in LL.B in Delhi University. Awarded special prize for getting highest marks in Constitutional Law I & II. - Had distinction of securing first position in all six semesters of LL.B and getting all possible prizes and medals of Delhi University for LL.B course. Did his LL.M from Delhi University and got first position in three years course. Won medals and prizes in various extra curricular activities. Was president of Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in the year 1976-77. Was Member of Academic Council of Delhi University in the year 1976-77 and various committees of Delhi University. Enrolled as an Advocate in July, 1977 with Bar Council of Delhi and started practicing in Delhi. Conducted cases of all types with specialization in Constitutional cases, Labour - Service Matters and Arbitration matters. Was counsel for numerous Public Sector Undertakings, Educational Institutions, Banks & Financial Institutions and various Private Sector Corporations. Was also part-time lecturer in Campus Law Centre, Delhi University (1984-89). Was Vice-President, Delhi High Court Bar Association during 1994-95. Was member of the Governing Body of various colleges from time to time. Designated as Senior Advocate by Delhi High Court on 30th September,1997.
Appointed as Judge of High Court of Delhi w.e.f 7th July,1999. As a Judge, dealt with all kinds of jurisdictions and given many landmark judgments. Has attended/chaired various national and international seminars and workshops & presented number of papers therein. Many articles are published in various magazines.
Was chosen as one of the 50 most influential persons in Intellectual Property in the world in the survey conducted by Managing Intellectual Property Association (MIPA) for the year 2007.

He holds the following positions :-

*Member of General Body as well as Academic Council of National Judicial Academy.
*Member of the Governing Council and Chairman of the Executive Council of the National Law University of Delhi,
*Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the Delhi Judicial Academy.
*Appointed as Member of the committee on Restatement of Law by the Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India
*Chairman of the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee.
*Vice President of Institute on Constitutional & Parliamentary Studies,
*Member of the Editorial Committee of Nyay Deep, the official journal of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
*Secretary, International Law Association (Indian Branch),
*President of INSOL India,
*Member of the Governing Council of the Indian Law Institute; and
*Member of prestigious institutions and clubs like India International Centre, India Habitat Centre, Delhi Golf Club and Delhi Gymkhana Club.
Elevated as the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court w.e.f. 10.10.2011.

     Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul

Born on December 26, 1958. Studied in Modern School, New Delhi till 1976 and Graduated in Economics (Hons.) from St. Stephens College, Delhi University in 1979. Obtained LL.B. Degree from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in 1982.

Enrolled as an Advocate with Bar Council of Delhi on July 15, 1982. Practised in Delhi High Court mainly in Commercial, Civil, Writ, Original and Companies jurisdictions of the High Court of Delhi and the Supreme Court of India. The cases also involved appearances before MRTP Commission, Company Law Board, Debt Recovery Tribunal and Arbitrators apart from the other nature of litigation including Constitutional, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Customs and Excise, MRTP, Real Estate, Administrative, Co-operative, Commercial, Service, Telecommunication, Anti-Dumping Laws, etc.

Remained Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India from 1987 to 1999 and designated as Senior Advocate in December, 1999. Appointed Senior Counsel for the Delhi High Court and for the Delhi University, Senior Panel of Union of India and Additional Senior Standing Counsel for DDA. Elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court of Delhi on May 03, 2001 and was appointed as a permanent Judge on May 02, 2003.

Was Treasurer of Delhi High Court Bar Association from 1985 to 1988. Is Senior Vice-President, INSOL India.

Has been invitee to a number of national and international seminars and workshops as Chairman or Member of Sessions and presented a number of papers with articles published in various Journals.

In the capacity as a Judge have sat over most jurisdictions and contributed to development of law through various pronouncements.

Member of various prestigious institutions and clubs like India International Centre, India Habitat Centre, Indian Law Institute, Delhi Golf Club, Delhi Gymkhana Club, Roshanara Club, etc.

The other interests apart from law extend to theatre, music, golf and reading including subjects unrelated to law.

     Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed

Born on 16th March, 1956 in Shillong (Meghalaya). Studied in St Edmund's College, Shillong, (1962-1966) and St Columbia's High School, New Delhi (1966-1971). Passed the Indian School Certificate Examination in 1971-1972. Was selected for the National Science Talent Scholarship (1972). However, took up Economics (Hons) and graduated from St Stephen's College, Delhi University in 1975. Passed Tripos in Economics Examination from Trinity College, Cambridge University, U.K. in 1977 and obtained the B.A(Hons) and M.A. Degrees. Was Lecturer in Economics for B.A.(Hons) Second and Final Year students in St Stephen's College, Delhi (1977-1979). At the same time, was also studying for the LLB Degree which he received in 1980 from Delhi University. Enrolled as an Advocate on 5.9.1980 with the Bar Council of Delhi and started practice in the Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court. Initially joined the chamber of Shri Siddhartha Shanker Ray, Bar-at-Law (Senior Advocate) for about three years. Thereafter, practiced law independently. In 1986 he set up a law firm under the name of “Lawyers Associated”. Was partner in the firm till March, 2000. Thereafter, practiced in the Supreme Court and other High Courts as counsel and also advised on various aspects of law relating to finance, companies, properties, banking, contracts and other areas of commercial and civil law. Also has a keen interest in Personal Laws including Muslim Personal Law and has written several articles in this connection. Has contributed the section on “Deeds and other instruments” for Halsbury's Law of India. He is keenly interested in computers and knows several computer programming languages including Assembly, C Basic, Visual Basic and dialects of Dbase (including Clipper) and has written two stand-alone accounting software packages for lawyers: ACT-C and ACT-S. Till his elevation as an additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on 20th December, 2002, he was also the Secretary of Ghalib Institute, New Delhi. He is a keen sportsman and played Cricket and Football for the school. Was member of the St Stephen's College Tennis Team and played Tennis and Squash for Trinity College, Cambridge, U.K.

     Justice Pradeep Nandrajog

Justice Pradeep Nandrajog was born on 24th February 1958. After graduating from Delhi University in the year 1978, he obtained Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Delhi University in the year 1981 and was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in the year 1981. His practice of Law included Arbitration, Commercial, Service, Election, Land Revenue, Company and Miscellaneous Writ Matters. He was a Counsel for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for about 6 years and was the nominated Counsel for the Election Commission of the Government of NCT Delhi over about 2 years. He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on 20th December 2002 and became a Permanent Judge on 16th April 2004.

     Justice Anil Kumar

Born on 12th July, 1950. He did his M.Sc. in Physical Sciences (Quantum Mechanics) and LL.B. from the University of Delhi. He also did Advance Diploma in French from University of Delhi.

He was enrolled as a member of Bar Council of Delhi in 1974 and started law practice in the same year. He was a Legal Advisor to Central Board of Secondary Education, National Institute of Open Schooling and National Institute of Education, Planning and Administration in Delhi High Court. He was on the panel of senior lawyers for the State of U.P. in Supreme Court of India. He was also a counsel for Airport Authority of India, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and for a number of private individuals and private companies in Delhi High Court.

He was appointed as an additional Judge of Delhi High Court on 16th July, 2004 and a permanent Judge on 20th February 2006.

     Justice Gita Mittal

Justice Gita Mittal was born to parents who were in academics on 9th December, 1958. She is an alumnus of the Lady Irwin Higher Secondary School [Science batch of 1975] and the Lady Shri Ram College For Women [BA (Eco. Hons.) 1978].

While in school, she was awarded the President's Guide Certificate by the President of India in 1974. She has represented India & Bharat Scouts and Guides at an International Global Ecology Event (Earth 'n' Us) in the USA in 1974 and studied global ecology and its preservation with experts in the area of air energy, ocean, land and human resources. In 1978, she was again invited and participated as a unit leader in an international performing arts event Melody 'n' Makebelieve in the USA and thereafter in 1979 in other capacities.

She has represented Delhi in national level open championships and also captained Delhi Juniors in volleyball. She was the Sports President of the Lady Shri Ram College (1977-1978) and was the recipient of All Round Best Sports Person Award of the College in 1978.

She has worked with several social work groups in Delhi and outside in areas of empowerment of women and provision of medical aid and facilities. After completing her law from the Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in 1981 she enrolled as an Advocate with the Delhi Bar Council on 16th of July, 1981. During her tenure as a lawyer, she has conducted cases in all branches of law in Delhi High Court and all other tribunals including the Company Law Board, Monopolies & Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction, Appellate Authority for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction, Debt Recovery Tribunal, National Consumer Forum and arbitration.
Apart from conducting litigation for corporations and private litigants, she was senior arguing counsel for the Union of India in Delhi High Court; Standing Counsel for Delhi Development Authority; Standing Counsel and Legal Adviser for Delhi Jal Board and Bharat Scouts & Guides; Special Counsel for Municipal Corporation of Delhi; also represented Land and Building Department of Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, the Delhi State Industrial Development Corporation, the Delhi Financial Corporation and the National Housing Bank.

She was member of the Delhi University Court from 3rd April, 1999 to 2nd April, 2004 and was nominated to the Governing Body of Ram Lal Anand College from 12th November, 1997 to 11th November, 1999. She was appointed as an Additional Judge of Delhi High Court on 16th July, 2004 and was confirmed on 20th February, 2006.

     Justice S Ravindra Bhat

Born on 21st October 1958, at Mysore. Educated in Bangalore and Gwalior. Finished schooling from Central School, Faridabad. Thereafter completed graduation in B.A.(.Hons) in English literature from Hindu College, Delhi University, 1979. Graduated in law (LL.B) from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University (1982). Enrolled with Delhi Bar Council in August, (1982).
Commenced law practice in 1982.Practised before the Delhi High Court, Supreme Court, and before various other- judicial fora.
During the course of law practice, had exposure in different branches of law as Public Law, Banking, Education, Labour and Service, and Indirect Taxation.
Assumed office as Additional Judge, Delhi High Court on 16th July, 2004, and Permanent Judge of Delhi High Court on 20th February, 2006.

     Justice Sanjiv Khanna

Justice Sanjiv Khanna was born on 14th May, 1960 and finished his schooling from Delhi in 1977. After graduating in the year 1980 from Delhi University, he studied law at Delhi University and was enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983. His practice of law included taxation, arbitration, commercial, environment & pollution and writ jurisdiction matters in the Delhi High Court. As an advocate, he had also handled several matters of medical negligence under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, and company law matters before the Company Law Board and the Delhi High Court. He had represented the Government of Delhi as an Additional Public Prosecutor in criminal law matters. He was a Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department for about seven years and in 2004 he was appointed as a Standing Counsel (civil) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the Delhi High Court. On 24th June 2005 he was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court and became a permanent judge on 20th February, 2006.

     Justice Reva Khetrapal

Born on 23-09-1952 at Shimla (H.P.). Did schooling from Convent of Jesus and Mary, New Delhi. Graduated from Miranda House in History (Hons.). Awarded gold medal and best student certificate from the Law Faculty, University of Delhi. Enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in the year 1975.

Practised in Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India from the year 1975 to 1991 as a corporate lawyer and for a number of years as a counsel for Delhi Administration and dealt with a large number of constitutional, civil and criminal matters.

Appointed Additional District & Sessions Judge in the year 1991 and was posted as Special Judge (Narcotics) in the year 1994. Appointed as Secretary, Press Council of India in the year 1999. Participated in several national and international conferences relating to the Media and the Law, and worked as Executive Member of World Association of Press Councils.

Elevated to the Bench of Delhi High Court as an Additional Judge on 28-2-2006.