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'''Justice Swatanter Kumar''', B.A., LL.B. (born 31 December 1947) is the chairperson of [[National Green Tribunal Act|National Green Tribunal]]<ref name="The Gazette of India" >[http://moef.nic.in/assets/2967.pdf The Gazette of India]</ref> and a former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. |
'''Justice Swatanter Kumar''', B.A., LL.B. (born 31 December 1947<ref name="Web site of Supreme Court of India"/>) is the chairperson of [[National Green Tribunal Act|National Green Tribunal]]<ref name="The Gazette of India" >[http://moef.nic.in/assets/2967.pdf The Gazette of India]</ref> and a former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. |
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==Biography== |
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Revision as of 13:14, 11 April 2013
Justice Swatanter Kumar, B.A., LL.B. (born 31 December 1947[1]) is the chairperson of National Green Tribunal[2] 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[3] [1]. 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[3][1]. 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[3][1].
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[2][5].
References
- ^ a b c d Web site of Supreme Court of India
- ^ a b The Gazette of India
- ^ a b c Chairman of Green Tribunal
- ^ "Swatanter Kumar appointed Supreme Court judge". The Hindu. December 17, 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)