Swatanter Kumar
Justice Swatantra 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.[1][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.[1][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.[1][3]
The appointment of Kumar as a judge of the Supreme Court by President Mrs. Pratibha Patil was announced by the Law and Justice Ministry in December 2009.[4]
He was appointed as the Chairperson of National Green Tribunal on 20 December 2012 and retired on 19 December 2017.[2][5][6]
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. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)
- ^ Feeds, PTI (19 December 2017). "NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar retires". India.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.