Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul

Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was born on December 26, 1958. He studied in Modern School, New Delhi till 1976 and graduated in Economics (Hons.) from St. Stephens College, Delhi University in 1979.

Justice Kaul obtained his LL.B. Degree from the Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in 1982 and enrolled as an Advocate with Bar Council of Delhi on July 15, 1982. He practiced mainly in the Commercial, Civil, Writ, Original and Company jurisdictions of the High Court of Delhi and the Supreme Court of India.The cases also involved appearances before MRTP Commission, Company Law Board, Debt Recovery Tribunal and Arbitrators apart from the other nature of litigation including Constitutional, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Customs and Excise, MRTP, Real Estate, Administrative, Co-operative, Commercial, Service, Telecommunication, Anti- Dumping Laws, etc.

He remained an Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India from 1987 to 1999 and was designated as a Senior Advocate in December, 1999. He was also appointed Senior Counsel for the Delhi High Court and for the Delhi University, in addition to being on the Senior panel of Union of India and serving as the Additional Senior Standing Counsel for the DDA.

He was elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court of Delhi on May 03, 2001 and was appointed as a permanent Judge on May 02, 2003. He was elevated as the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court w.e.f. 23.09.2012 to 25.09.2012. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court w.e.f. 01.06.2013 followed by his appointment as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on 26.07.2014.

Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 17.02.2017.

He is deeply interested in theatre, music and golf.