Born and brought up in Delhi and completed schooling from Salwan Public School, Delhi. After graduation from Delhi University, completed LLB from Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, Delhi University in 1987. Having enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1987, initially joined the chamber of late Hon’ble Mr. Justice Valmiki J. Mehta and later on associated with late Pandit Shri R.K. Sharma (Naseem Saheb) and extensively practiced in civil and criminal matters at Delhi High Court and District Courts.

Was inducted into Delhi Judicial Service in 1992 and promoted to Delhi Higher Judicial Service in 2003. Apart from presiding over courts dealing with civil and criminal jurisdictions, also held designated courts dealing extensively with matters relating to CBI, DDA, LAC, NDPS, Electricity, MACT including matrimonial disputes as Principal Judge, Family Courts. Joined as District & Sessions Judge, North-East District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi from 30.05.2019 to 24.10.2019.

Other Key Positions :-
Appointed as Joint Secretary (Law, Justice & Legislative Affairs), Govt. of NCT of Delhi for a period of more than three years from 1999 to 2002 and again as Principal Secretary (Law, Justice & Legislative Affairs), Govt. of NCT of Delhi from November 2017 till April 2019. Also nominated as Member/Chairperson of several committees and involved in preparation of the report relating to bifurcation of Delhi into judicial Districts in the year 2000, which was finally accepted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Also looked after the charge of Delhi Dispute Resolution Society (DDRS) as Working Chairperson and conducted mediation proceedings being a trained mediator. Played an active role in drafting of several Bills, formulation of policies and rendered advice on several constitutional issues.

Became the first serving judicial officer from DHJS to be appointed as Law Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Handled the additional charge as Secretary, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India including Vidhi Sahitya Prakashan for a considerable period. Also appointed Member Secretary, Law Commission of India. Was a Member of the Governing Body and Executive Committees of several institutions viz. Indian Law Institute, National Judicial Academy, National Law University etc. and associated with several high powered committees. Considerably remained associated with Income Tax Appellate Tribunal as Law Secretary. Played key role in legislative drafting and formulation of several Bills and enactments including Mediation Bill 2021 as well as finalization of intricate policies by Union of India in various sectors including Petroleum, Mines, Electricity, IBC etc. During the aforesaid assignments, dealt with administrative and legal/constitutional issues and was involved in implementation and strengthening of provisions of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, Commercial Courts Act, Notaries Act etc. including supervision of entire litigation of Union of India.

Was Member of Committee for resolution of disputes under AMRCD mechanism and resolved several high stake matters; Member of the Committee to formulate an Action Plan for Online Dispute Resolution, Member of Review Committee under the Information Technology Act and others enactments; Involved in formulation of Bilateral Investment Treaties and coordination of International Arbitration on behalf of Union of India.

Represented before several Parliamentary Committees as well as led Delegation to attend the UK-India Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) meeting held at London. Was associated in organizing of the 7th Meeting of Ministers of Justice of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as well as SCO 19th Prosecutors General Conference and also represented in several conferences at National & International level.

Played a key role in launch of an online course on “Constitution of India” inaugurated by Shri Kiren Rijiju, Hon’ble Minister for Law and Justice at national level on the eve of Constitution Day in 2021, with a vision that every citizen of the country should be made aware of his fundamental duties and fundamental rights.

Was appointed a permanent Judge of the High Court of Delhi w.e.f. 28.02.2022.

Justice Dr. Sudhir Kumar Jain
• Born on 10th November, 1962.
• Did LL.B, LL.M and Ph.D. from Law Faculty Delhi University.
• Practiced as an Advocate in Delhi District Courts and High Court of Delhi.
• Served as a lecturer of law in Campus Law Centre, Delhi University before joining judicial service.
• Joined Delhi Judicial Service in year 1992 and promoted in Delhi Higher Judicial Service in year 2003.
• Posted and worked in different jurisdiction such as Civil, Criminal, Rent, CBI etc.
• Was Editor of Indian Law Report (ILR) Delhi Series.
• Posted as Principal District & Sessions Judge in Shahdara and North-East Districts, Delhi.
• Posted as Principal District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge (PC Act), CBI at Rouse Avenue District, Delhi.
• Posted as Joint Director, Additional Director and Director, Delhi Judicial Academy.
• Served as a Judge in charge of Delhi Mediation Centers Tis Hazari Courts and Rohini Courts.
• Was a member of Academic Council, National Judicial Academy and Bhopal.
• Regular resource person in National Judicial Academy and other Academies/State and District Legal Service Authorities, Law Colleges/Schools and other Institutions.
• Wrote Articles on Administrative Law, Mediation and on other legal issues.
• A trained mediator and trainer for mediators.
• Received 40 hrs training on Concept & Techniques of Mediation in year 2005 from experts from Institute to Study Development in Legal System (ISDLS), California.
• Received Training of Trainers (TOT) from experts from Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK.
• Conducted mediation in about 12,000 cases of all categories with experience of more than 12,000 hours in conduction of mediation.
• Conducted more than 100 Training Programmes throughout India on Mediation and for trainers of mediation for judicial officers, advocates. law students etc.
• Participated as speaker in various Regional, National and International conferences on Mediation.
• Accredited mediator by International Mediation Institute, Holland.
• Elevated as Permanent Judge of Delhi High Court on 28.02.2022.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma graduated in B.A. (Hons.) in English Literature from Delhi University where she was adjudged the best student all-rounder of the year by Daulat Ram College. She acquired her LL.B. in the year 1991 and obtained LL.M. in 2004. She also holds a Diploma in Marketing Management, Advertising and Public Relations.

During the course of her college, she actively participated in debates and other co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, and bagged various certificates. She was also awarded a Certificate of Merit by National Service Scheme, University of Delhi for completing two years of service as a National Service Scheme Volunteer.

Endowed with excellent academic record at all levels, she became Magistrate at the age of 24 and Sessions Judge the day she turned 35.

Justice Sharma is a trained Judicial Mediator and has successfully settled many cases through mediation. She was the Chairperson of the committee to examine the complaints of sexual harassment against women employees of Tis Hazari Court, Patiala House Court and Rohini Court at different points of time. During her service at the Delhi District Courts, she has presided over various civil and criminal courts including postings as Special Judge (CBI), Principal Judge of the Family Court, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Mahila Court, Special Court (Sexual Offences against Women) etc.

In November 2019, she was appointed as the Principal District and Sessions Judge (North District) and later in March 2022, she took charge as the Principal District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge (CBI) at Rouse Avenue Court.

She has also authored several books for the benefit of public at large. Her first book ‘Don't Break After Break-Up’ aims to help women who have chosen to remain single or who have undergone a violent break-up of a marriage or relationship. Second, ‘Beyond Baghban’, addresses the possible emotional and financial problems that senior citizens may face at the hands of their children. Her third book ‘Tumhari Sakhi’ is an attempt to create awareness amongst women about their rights and the need to speak up against the violence faced by them. She has also made an attempt at fiction with her book ‘Love Full Circle’.

Justice Sharma is a fellow of Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, Canada.

She was elevated as a permanent Judge of the High Court of Delhi on 28.03.2022.

Tara Vitasta Ganju, a first generation lawyer, was born in 1971 in New Delhi. She enrolled at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi in 1989 from which she obtained her High School Certificate. She read Political Science for her Bachelor’s degree from Lady Shriram College, University of Delhi in 1992 and graduated with Honours. Ms Ganju then obtained her Bachelor of Law degree in 1995 from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in the same year. Ms Ganju continued her education in law in the United Kingdom receiving the British Chevening scholarship, awarded by the British High Commission (British Council), New Delhi in 1999. This allowed her to complete a course in English, and EC Commercial Law and Practice, from the College of Law at York. Ms Ganju also pursued an online Diploma in International Acquisitions and Mergers at College of Law, U.K. in 2005. In 2018, she was certified as a Mediator at Samadhan: Delhi High Court Mediation & Conciliation Centre. Thereafter, Ms. Ganju attended an advanced International Seminar on Mediating Effectively at Pepperdine Law School – Strauss Institute of Dispute Resolution, USA in June, 2018.
Ms Ganju was appointed an Executive Member of the Women in Law and Litigation (WILL) Association in 2019. She has also served on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Committee for Manipal Hospitals, New Delhi and Estocorp Group of Companies in New Delhi.
Before being elevated to the Bench, Ms Ganju practiced primarily before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court. She also steered cases before the Hon’ble Supreme Court and other courts in Delhi. In addition to this, she advised and undertook matters in a wide range of legal areas including property, inheritance law, civil laws, arbitration, company, criminal and intellectual property litigation under the original, appellate and writ jurisdictions of the Courts at Delhi and its neighbouring jurisdictions. Ms Ganju has also worked extensively in advising clients on a variety of legal issues concerning their business transactions, contractual matters and commercial and legal issues. She has also assisted the Delhi High Court as an Arbitrator, Mediator and Amicus Curiae in third party disputes.
Ms Ganju had been invited as a speaker at various conferences in India including the Legal India Conference 2018 on Alternate Dispute Redressal Mechanisms and Indian Oil Corporation’s Research & Development Centre in a seminar on Provision and Management of Intellectual Property Rights in the year 2007.
Tara Vitasta Ganju was appointed as a Permanent Judge of the Delhi High Court on May 18, 2022.

Justice Mini Pushkarna did her schooling from Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan and was the school topper of her stream in the Class XII Board examinations. She completed her Honors in Political Science from Hindu College, Delhi University and her law degree from the Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. Before being elevated, she has had over 25 years of experience as an advocate at the Bar, during which period she has been the Standing Counsel for various bodies, including the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Urban Slum Improvement Board, and on the panel of Services department of the Delhi Government, etc. She has had varied experience in various fields of practice at the Bar and has contested cases, including those related to tender and contract matters, arbitration, service law, suits, etc.. She was also on the panel of arbitrators with the Delhi International Arbitration Centre. In her early years of practice, she had also done matters as a lawyer with the Legal Aid and Advice Board and been a Reporter for many years with the Supreme Court Reports (SCR), which is the official journal of the Supreme Court of India.

Born at Gurdaspur, Punjab on 08th August 1969. Passed his secondary school examination from DAV School, Sector-8, Chandigarh. Graduated in B.Com (Hons.) from G.G.D.S.D. College, Chandigarh in 1989. Thereafter, he received his Bachelor's Degree in law from Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla in 1992.
Enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1992 and practised before the Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi, and other fora and has conducted cases related to Civil Law, Criminal Law, Service Law, Labour Law, Arbitration, Administrative Law, etc.
He was appointed as a Central Government Standing Counsel in July 2014 and continued till his designation as a Senior Advocate by the High Court of Delhi in March 2021. Served as the Additional Advocate General for the State of Himachal Pradesh in the Supreme Court of India from May 2018; appointed by the State of Haryana to appear as a Senior Advocate for conducting its cases in the Supreme Court of India, and continued in these positions till his elevation.
Appointed as a Permanent Judge of the High Court of Delhi on 18th May 2022.

An alumnus of The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi, Tushar Rao Gedela was born on 18th July 1967. He pursued Political Science (Hons) from Deshbandhu Gupta College, Delhi University followed by BA LLB from Meerut University in 1993. He enrolled with the Delhi Bar Council in the year 1994.
He started his professional journey at the District Courts at Tis Hazari and learnt the nuances of Civil, Criminal and Family side jurisdictions and soon thereafter joined the office of Shri M. Chandrashekharan, former Additional Solicitor General of India in 1997 and handled matters relating to Customs and Excise. Thereafter he was associated with the office of Former Chief Justice of Shimla High Court, Justice M N Rao (Retd.) where he was exposed to Service matters apart from others. He primarily practiced in the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, TDSAT and Armed Forces Tribunal.
He was appointed as Central Government Counsel in Delhi High Court in the year 2000 till 2003 and appointed as Senior Panel Counsel for Central Government at Delhi High Court in 2014, Panel ‘A’ Counsel for the Supreme Court of India in 2015 and retained these positions till his designation as Senior Advocate in the month of March, 2021. Appointed as Permanent Judge of the Delhi High Court on 18/05/2022.

Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora was born to a business family in the year 1974. She was raised and educated in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She attended Mount Carmel High School upto Class Xth and thereafter completed her schooling from St. Xavier’s High School, Loyola Hall in the year 1991.
In the year 1994, she graduated from H.L. College of Commerce, Gujarat University with a B. Com degree. She obtained her LL.B. degree in the year 1997 from Sir L.A. Shah Law College, Gujarat University.
After completing her education, she moved to Delhi and enrolled as an Advocate with Bar Council of Delhi in 1997.
She practised as an independent litigator and appeared regularly before the High Court of Delhi. She worked extensively in the areas of civil litigation, commercial disputes, company law, arbitrations and thus, practised on the original side of the High Court. She also handled matters relating to administrative law.
She appeared before the Supreme Court, different High Courts, National Company Law Tribunal, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, arbitrations and other civil courts as well.
During 25 years at the Bar, she has been appointed as Sole Arbitrator, Amicus Curiae and Court Commissioner from time to time by the High Court of Delhi. She has been an external member of the sexual harassment committees of various organisations.
She was appointed as a Permanent Judge of the High Court of Delhi on 18.05.2022.

Justice Sachin Datta was born on 15th August, 1973 in Delhi. After completing his schooling from Delhi Public School, RK Puram in 1991, he graduated from St. Stephens College, Delhi University in 1994. He then pursued law and graduated from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University, in 1997 and got enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi.
As a lawyer, he handled a wide variety of cases across practice areas. He represented several prominent public sector undertakings in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India. He also practised extensively on the original side of the Delhi High Court. He acted as counsel in several landmark litigations in the field of Intellectual Property as also in several prominent International Arbitration matters.
Justice Datta was the Central Government Standing Counsel in the Delhi High Court for several years, and as such, represented the Central Government in a wide variety of litigation. He also appeared for the Central Government in the Supreme Court and before various Tribunals constituted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. He was designated as a Senior Advocate by the High Court of Delhi in August 2014.
He has published various papers and has also been a speaker at various international events.
Appointed as a Permanent Judge of the High Court of Delhi on 18th May, 2022.

Appointed as Judge of Delhi High Court on 18th May, 2022.

Born on 20th January, 1976 in Delhi. He is a second generation lawyer after his father, Mr. Bhawani Shankar Banerjee, Advocate.
After completing his schooling from Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi in 1993 he graduated in B.A. English (Hons.) from the University of Delhi in 1996. He then obtained his LL.B. degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1999 and enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1999.
While practicing, he was dealing in matters relating to intellectual property rights, arbitration, commercial disputes, constitution, property rent, service, family (matrimonial & custody), labour and criminal before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, various Hon’ble High Court/s and District Court/s, Forum/s and Tribunal/s across India. He was an Arbitrator, Delhi International Arbitration Centre, Hon’ble High Court of Delhi; a Mediator, Delhi High Court Mediation Centre, Hon’ble High Court of Delhi; Group ‘A’ Panel Advocate, Union of India before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India; Standing Counsel, National Highways Authority of India before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi; General Counsel, Hon’ble High Court of Delhi before Hon’ble High Court of Delhi; General Counsel, University of Delhi before Hon’ble High Court of Delhi; General Counsel, Indira Gandhi National Open University before Hon’ble High Court of Delhi; and General Counsel, Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee before Hon’ble High Court of Delhi. He was involved in the landmark judgments relating to Section 364A of Indian Penal Code, 1860 before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi and Section 52(1) of the Copyright Act, 1957 before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi and Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and was also interviewed by media and publication houses from time to time on diverse topics.
He was elevated as a Judge of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi on 18th May, 2022.

Anish Dayal was born in 1973 at Allahabad (now Prayagraj) and did his initial schooling there at St. Joseph College. He completed schooling from Delhi Public School, Noida, where he was selected as the Head Boy. Thereafter, he graduated in B.Sc.(Hons.) Physics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University and then read for his law degree with M.A. (Hons.) at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, U.K., as a commonwealth scholar.
He enrolled as an Advocate with the Delhi Bar Council in September, 1995 and had his independent legal practice primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi for over 25 years - predominantly in civil, constitutional and commercial law with special focus in areas of media, entertainment and sports law. He was a visiting faculty resource at many law schools in India and authored the Section on Damages (Vol. 9 Halsbury’s Laws of India) and of other books on sports and media.
He wrote periodically for newspapers and journals and for some time contributed a regular column on law for Live Mint and TheWall Street Journal. He conceived, curated and was part of the Editorial Board of Quarterly Bar Review, a journal of the Delhi High Court Bar Association.He also devoted his time to policy related issues inter aliaon road safety, heritage conservation, environment and sustainability and represented a number of national level athletes on a pro bono basis.
He was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court in March, 2021 and elevated to the Bench on 2nd June, 2022.