One of the senior-most Judges of the Supreme Court, known for some path-breaking judgments this country has seen, Hon’ble Justice Arjan Sikri in an exclusive interview with Legal Era…
Justice A.K. Sikri was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on April 12, 2013. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a position he was elevated to on September 23, 2012. Before that, he was made the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court on October 10, 2011.
Justice Sikri has heard cases on arbitration, commercial matters, Constitutional matters, and labor (service) matters. As a Judge, he has dealt with all kinds of jurisdictions and sat on the commercial, IPR, and insolvency benches for several years, giving landmark judgments.
Justice Sikri was appointed Judge of the Delhi High Court on July 7, 1999; Senior Advocate, Delhi High Court, on September 30, 1997; and Vice-President, Delhi High Court Bar Association, in 1994-95. He was Counsel for numerous public-sector undertakings, banks and financial institutions, educational institutions, and private-sector corporations.
He also served as part-time lecturer at Campus Law Centre, Delhi University, from 1984 to 1989 and as member of the governing bodies of various colleges from time to time. Someone with an excellent academic record, Justice Sikri in 2007 was chosen as one of the 50 most influential persons in Intellectual Property in the world by a leading international organization as recognition of his contribution to the growth of Intellectual Property Laws via his judgments.
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