Swatanter Kumar

Justice Swatanter Kumar, B.A., LL.B. (born 31 December 1947[1]) is a former chairperson of the National Green Tribunal.[2] He is also 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, Tribunals 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 then 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 Web site of Supreme Court of India
  2. 1 2 . He retired from his post on 20 december 2017 The Gazette of India
  3. 1 2 3 Chairman of Green Tribunal
  4. ↑ "Swatanter Kumar appointed Supreme Court judge". The Hindu. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  5. ↑ Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)
  6. ↑ Feeds, PTI (2017-12-19). "NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar retires". India.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
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