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Kumar enrolled as an [[Advocate]] with the Delhi Bar Council on 12 July 1971<ref name="The National Green Tribunal">[http://www.greentribunal.in/chairperson.php Chairman of Green Tribunal ]</ref> <ref name="Web site of Supreme Court of India">http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/swatanterkumar.htm</ref>. He practiced in various [[High Courts]] and the [[Supreme Court]], and served as an Additional District & Sessions Judge in the [[Himachal Pradesh]] High Court from February, 1983 till his resignation in October 1983, and thereafter resumed practice at New Delhi<ref name="The National Green Tribunal"/><ref name="Web site of Supreme Court of India"/>. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on 10 November 1994, transferred to P&H on 30 November 1994, and was appointed as a permanent Judge on 30 November 1995. He transferred to Delhi on 4 October 2004 and was appointed as [[Chief Justice]] of [[Bombay High Court]] on 31 March 2007<ref name="The National Green Tribunal"/><ref name="Web site of Supreme Court of India"/>. |
Kumar enrolled as an [[Advocate]] with the Delhi Bar Council on 12 July 1971<ref name="The National Green Tribunal">[http://www.greentribunal.in/chairperson.php Chairman of Green Tribunal ]</ref> <ref name="Web site of Supreme Court of India">[http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/swatanterkumar.htm Web site of Supreme Court of India]</ref>. He practiced in various [[High Courts]] and the [[Supreme Court]], and served as an Additional District & Sessions Judge in the [[Himachal Pradesh]] High Court from February, 1983 till his resignation in October 1983, and thereafter resumed practice at New Delhi<ref name="The National Green Tribunal"/><ref name="Web site of Supreme Court of India"/>. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on 10 November 1994, transferred to P&H on 30 November 1994, and was appointed as a permanent Judge on 30 November 1995. He transferred to Delhi on 4 October 2004 and was appointed as [[Chief Justice]] of [[Bombay High Court]] on 31 March 2007<ref name="The National Green Tribunal"/><ref name="Web site of Supreme Court of India"/>. |
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The appointment of Kumar as a judge of the Supreme Court by President [[Pratibha Patil]] was announced by the Law and Justice Ministry in December 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Swatanter Kumar appointed Supreme Court judge |url=http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article66594.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=December 17, 2009 |accessdate=7 August 2010 }}</ref> |
The appointment of Kumar as a judge of the Supreme Court by President [[Pratibha Patil]] was announced by the Law and Justice Ministry in December 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Swatanter Kumar appointed Supreme Court judge |url=http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article66594.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=December 17, 2009 |accessdate=7 August 2010 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:13, 11 April 2013
Justice Swatanter Kumar, B.A., LL.B. (born 31 December 1947) is the chairperson of National Green Tribunal[1] and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Biography
Kumar enrolled as an Advocate with the Delhi Bar Council on 12 July 1971[2] [3]. He practiced in various High Courts and the Supreme Court, and served as an Additional District & Sessions Judge in the Himachal Pradesh High Court from February, 1983 till his resignation in October 1983, and thereafter resumed practice at New Delhi[2][3]. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on 10 November 1994, transferred to P&H on 30 November 1994, and was appointed as a permanent Judge on 30 November 1995. He transferred to Delhi on 4 October 2004 and was appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 31 March 2007[2][3].
The appointment of Kumar as a judge of the Supreme Court by President Pratibha Patil was announced by the Law and Justice Ministry in December 2009.[4]
He has been appointed as the Chariperson of National Green Tribual on 20th December 2012[1][5].
References
- ^ a b The Gazette of India
- ^ a b c Chairman of Green Tribunal
- ^ a b c Web site of Supreme Court of India
- ^ "Swatanter Kumar appointed Supreme Court judge". The Hindu. December 17, 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)