Justice Asha Menon was born on 17th September, 1960 at Pattambi, Kerala. She studied in different schools across India and completed her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector IV, R.K. Puram, New Delhi. She graduated in Economics (Hons.) from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi in 1979 and thereafter LLB from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1982. Justice Menon was the youngest to enroll with the Bar Council of Delhi in that year. In 2006, she obtained her LLM from Kurukshetra University.
Justice Menon was selected in the Delhi Judicial Service Exam conducted in 1984-85 and joined the service on 04th November, 1986. Justice Menon presided over various Courts in all jurisdictions over a period of about 14 years including, civil, criminal, rent, guardianship insolvency, etc and was promoted to the Delhi Higher Judicial Service on 16th August, 2000.
She dealt with Land Acquisition Reference matters, litigation against public utilities such as, the Electricity Board/discoms, Delhi Jal Board, the then Municipal Corporation of Delhi and other civil matters. While holding the Sessions Court, she was designated as the Special Court to deal with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) prosecutions after the 2014 amendment and enhancement of the penalties and was one amongst the three set up in Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi and was the first Court to start disposals and convictions in the country.
Justice Menon underwent mediation training in 2005 conducted by Institute for the Study and Development of Legal Systems (ISDLS), California and subsequently was selected for training as a Master Trainer by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London at the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution, (ICADR), New Delhi. She has conducted training sessions in mediation in various parts of the country including Kerala, Chennai, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Indore and several other places.
On 12th September, 2008, Justice Menon was posted as the Member Secretary, Delhi State Legal Services Authority and remained as such, till 31st October, 2012. During this tenure, many firsts were achieved. The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 was implemented in full measure with the creation of District Authorities. In each district of Delhi, full time Secretaries were appointed, Mega Lok Adalats were organized and several outreach programmes initiated. For the first time in India on 8th February, 2009, a paperless Lok Adalat was held, when without moving the files, thousands of cases pertaining to Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 were disposed of.
As a Member Secretary, she was called upon by the Delhi High Court to submit various reports, which formed the basis of orders with far reaching effect touching upon the welfare of the economically weaker sections such as anganwadi, night shelters, missing children and mentally ill, to name a few.
Justice Menon was instrumental in ensuring the availability of a Magistrate at the Jama Masjid outreach of the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) to facilitate orders to provide involuntary treatment for homeless persons suffering from mental illness. Justice Menon played a significant role in formulation of the Jail Parole Guidelines, 2010. For improving the quality of free legal aid, a training programme for the legal aid panel lawyers was also put in place by her with a prescribed syllabus. The para legal volunteer scheme and school literacy programme in Delhi Schools and Colleges were also commenced during her tenure. Under her charge, two significant national level programmes were organized in co-ordination with the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) for highlighting the issues faced by transgender persons and the working of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.
At the international level, Justice Menon has represented India at the ‘Asia Pacific Regional Consultation on HIV-related Legal Services and Rights’ in 2012 at Bangkok, Thailand. She has also visited Malawi, Africa as a member of the Indian delegation under the aegis of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
On completion of her tenure in 2012, Justice Menon was posted to the Sessions Court but was again called to become the Member Secretary of the National Legal Services Authority on being so selected by the then Chief Justice of India and held the position till December, 2015. For the first time under her supervision, National Lok Adalats were commenced on regular basis. Commendation programmes were held at national level to acknowledge the work of para legal volunteers and the district legal services authorities across the country.
She has helped in framing several schemes for effective legal services in keeping with the mandate of NALSA under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. She also assisted in the preparation of training modules for legal aid lawyers, para legal volunteers and probation officers.
As the Member Secretary, NALSA, she was called upon to submit several reports to the Supreme Court of India in respect of missing children, implementation of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the rehabilitation of trafficked children and women and the protection of the rights of voluntary sex workers. As Member Secretary, she assisted the Supreme Court in the case of National Legal Services Authority of India vs. Union of India, a landmark decision for protection and enforcement of the rights of transgender persons including the right to identify as third gender.
In 2016, she was also appointed Chairperson of a Committee constituted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India for drafting new rules under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 which have since been notified.
On return from NALSA, in January, 2016, she took charge as the Family Court Principal Judge (HQ)-cum-District Judge at Dwarka. With effect from July, 2016 till December, 2016, she worked as District and Sessions Judge, South East, Saket and with effect from December, 2016 till 26th May, 2019, she worked as the District and Sessions Judge, South-cum-Judge-Inchange, Saket, New Delhi.
On 27th May, 2019, Justice Menon was elevated as a permanent judge of the High Court of Delhi.
Retired on 16.09.2022.

Born on 13th March, 1960. Passed S.S.C. with 68% marks in the year 1975, B.Sc. with 68% from M.G..Science College, Ahmedabad in the year 1979 and M.Sc. with Organic Chemistry from University School of Science in the year 1981. He did his LL.B. degree in the year 1984 with first class and LL.M. with First Rank in the First class in the year 1986 from L.A. Shah Law College, Ahmedabad.

He got two Gold medals, one of Principal M.S. Pandit Gold Medal and another from Bombay Hindu Law Research and Reform Association. He was a National Scholar in the year 1983-84 and 1984-85.

He enrolled as an Advocate on 28th July, 1984 and practiced at the High Court of Gujarat. He practiced in Civil, Criminal and Constitutional matters as well as Excise and Custom matters on behalf of Union of India at the High Court of Gujarat. He was appointed as a Special Counsel of the State of Gujarat in other High Courts.

He was a panel advocate of various Institutions/Authorities like Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC), Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), Ahmedabad District Panchayat, Provident Fund Commissioner, BSNL, AICTE, New Delhi etc. in the High Court of Gujarat. He was also a counsel on behalf of State of Maharashtra at the High Court of Gujarat.

He served as part-time lecturer in Sir L.A.Shah Law College, Ahmedabad for 9 years, both at LL.B. and LL.M. Level.

He was appointed as Additional Central Government Standing Counsel by the Union of India, in the year 1999 and as Senior Central Government Standing Counsel by Central Government for High Court of Gujarat on 5th July, 2001.

He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Gujarat on 7th March, 2004 and took oath as permanent Judge of High Court of Gujarat on 25th January, 2006
On transfer, he took oath as Judge of the High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi on 3rd February, 2009.

Appointed as Executive Chairman of Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority from August, 2012.

Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand from 4th August 2013 to 15th November 2013 and from 13th August, 2014 to 31st October, 2014.

Appointed as Chairman of Search Committee in the month of June & July, 2013 for appointment of Vice Chancellors of Kolhan University; Nilamber Pitamber University; Vinoba Bhave University; Siddhu Kanhu Murmu University and Vinoba Bhave University for Pro Vice Chancellor.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.N. Patel has also been nominated as:
•Member of General Body of National Judicial Academy, Bhopal (M.P.)
•Member of Central Authority (NALSA) vide Notification dated 4th February, 2016
•Members of the "Committee for sensitization of Family Court Matters"
•Re-nominated as Ex-officio Member of Central Authority (NALSA) vide Notification dated 5th April, 2018

Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand from 10th of June 2017 to 10th August, 2018.

Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand from 24th of May 2019 to 6th June, 2019.

Appointed as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 7th June, 2019.

Retired on 12.03.2022.

Born on 10th November, 1959. Did his schooling from Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi. Thereafter, did B.A.(Hon.) Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University and LL.B. from Faculty of Law Delhi University in 1982. Practised as an Advocate in Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, various Tribunals including Central Administrative Tribunal (Principal Bench), New Delhi, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission etc. Has been Standing Counsel for DESU/DVB from 1995 to 2002. Represented various Public Sector Undertakings, Banks etc. Was trained as Mediator by the Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre and conducted various mediations therein. Conducted cases relating to various laws e.g. Service, Labour, Arbitration, Constitution and Administrative Law. Was designated as Senior Advocate by the High Court of Delhi in May, 2006. Appointed as Additional Judge of Delhi High Court on 17th April, 2013 and became permanent Judge on 18.03.2015(F/N). Retired on 09.11.2021

Justice J.R. Midha served as a Judge of Delhi High Court from 11th April, 2008 to 7th July, 2021. As a Judge, he presided over several jurisdictions including Judge-in-Charge of Original side of Delhi High Court. He also headed a Division Bench hearing Criminal Appeals involving life and death sentence references.
Justice Midha served as the Chairperson of Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC). During his tenure, various new initiatives were successfully undertaken, namely: framing of Rules for Empanelment of Arbitrators; Empanelment of Arbitrators under the new Rules; stage wise disbursal of Fees to the Arbitrators; improved Website of DIAC with added features; Audio-visual tour of DIAC on the Website; release of first issue of DIAC Journal of Arbitration; and Guidelines for arbitration proceedings by video conference during pandemic.
Justice Midha also served as the Chairperson of Judicial Education and Training Programme Committee of High Court of Delhi and supervised the training of Judges at Delhi Judicial Academy. During his tenure, the Good Practices arising out of the judgments of Delhi High Court were uploaded on the Website of Delhi Judicial Academy. Justice Midha also served as a Member of the Sub-Committee of the Supreme Court on use of Artificial Intelligence in MACT cases.
Justice Midha served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA) in 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2021. He presided over the Tribunal under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 to examine the ban on the activities of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in 2012.
As a Judge, Justice Midha actively initiated judicial reforms in various jurisdictions namely, Arbitration, Motor Accident Claims, Execution Cases, Maintenance in Matrimonial Cases, Compensation to Victims of Crime, Prosecution for False Claims, Prosecution of Proclaimed Offenders, etc.
Before elevation, Justice Midha practiced Law for 26 years (1982 to 2008) before various Courts including Supreme Court, Delhi High Court and other High Courts. He also appeared as a Counsel before the Arbitrators/Arbitral Tribunals. He represented Govt. of NCT of Delhi as Standing Counsel (Civil) before the High Court of Delhi from May, 2006 until elevation as a Judge in April, 2008.
Justice Midha taught Law at Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, Delhi University from 1989 to 1992 and taught various subjects including Code of Civil Procedure, Indian Evidence Act, Transfer of Property Act, Delhi Rent Control Act, Limitation Act, Arbitration Act, Motor Vehicles Act, Court Fees Act, Suit Valuation Act, Indian Registration Act, and Indian Stamp Act. He authored and compiled the synopsis and case material on the subjects of “Pleading and Conveyancing” and “Motor Accident Compensation” for Campus Law Centre. While teaching, he organized a Lok Adalat for Motor Accidents Cases in Campus Law Centre in 1991 in which the compensation was computed by Law students and the computation was submitted to the Lok Adalat Judges in advance to assist the claimants in obtaining fair compensation. Even after elevation to the Bench, he continued to visit various law schools to deliver guest lectures. He had been a resource person for training of Judges in National Judicial Academy as well as State Judicial Academies.
Justice Midha has written three books namely, Amendments to Code of Civil Procedure in 2002, Motor Accident Claims Referencer - First Edition in 2011 and Motor Accident Claims Referencer - Second Edition in 2012.

Born on 2nd September, 1959 in Delhi, Justice Kohli did her schooling from St. Thomas School, New Delhi and graduated in History (Hons.) from St. Stephens' College, University of Delhi. She completed her Post Graduation in History in First Division and thereafter, joined the L.L.B. course at the Law Faculty, Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi. On completing the law course in the year 1984, she got enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in the same year.

Was the Standing Counsel and Legal Advisor of the New Delhi Municiapl Council in the High Court of Delhi from 1999-2004. Was appointed as the Additional Standing Counsel (Civil), Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi in the Delhi High Court in December, 2004. Has represented Government of Delhi in several important public interest litigations. Was the Legal Advisor to the Public Grievances Commission, Delhi Pollution Control Committee, National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India, National Co-operative Development Corporation and other private organizations, banks, etc. Was a member of the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee, a statutory body constituted under the Legal Services Authority Act.

Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Delhi on May 29, 2006 and took oath as a permanent Judge on 29.08.2007.

Appointed as a Member of the General Council of the West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata from 11.8.2017.

Nominated as a Member of the Editorial Committee of ‘Nyaya Deep’, the official journal published by National Legal Services Authority from 07.05.2019.

Appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee of the Delhi Judicial Academy from 11.3.2020.

Appointed as the Chairperson of a High Powered Committee constituted by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi on 26.3.2020, in terms of the order dated 23.3.2020 passed by the Supreme Court of India for decongestion of jails in all States/ UTs in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Appointed as the Executive Chairperson of the Delhi State Legal Services Authority from 20.05.2020.

Appointed as the Chairperson of the Delhi High Court Middle Income Group Legal Aid Society from 29.06.2020.

Appointed as a Member of the Governing Council of the National Law University from 30.06.2020.

Is the member of the Administrative and General Supervision Committee of the High Court. Is the Chairperson of the Delhi High Court Building & Maintenance Committee, Mediation & Conciliation Committee and the Family Courts Committee.

Apart from performing her official duties as a Judge, she takes a keen interest in promoting mediation as an alternative dispute resolution forum, in highlighting the role of the judiciary in preservation of the ecology and environment and the role of Family Courts in resolving family disputes. She has participated in and presented papers at several national and international symposiums and conferences on these subjects.

Sworn-in as the Chief Justice of High Court for the State of Telangana on 07-01-2021.

Justice A.K. Chawla was born on 20th October, 1958 at Ambala, Haryana. Did schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya in 1975 and graduation in Science in the year 1978. Completed LL.B. in the year 1982 from Kurukshetra University. Was enrolled as an Advocate on 15th July, 1982 and practised in Delhi High Court and Delhi District Courts in Civil, Company and Labour cases. Since his appointment as Addl. District & Sessions Judge on 21st April, 1997, he has presided over various Civil and Criminal Courts. In June, 2003, he joined New Delhi Municipal Council as its Legal Advisor and on return in January, 2005, presided over Motor Accident Claim Tribunal. He is a trained Mediator under the aegis of Hon’ble MCPC of the Supreme Court of India and has been the Judge In-charge of Delhi Mediation Centre, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi, before being appointed Secretary General, Delhi High Court Arbitration Centre. He was appointed District Judge-II-cum-ASJ I/c (North), Tis Hazari Courts on 6th February, 2010 and then, from 11th March, 2011, was District Judge-III-cum-ASJ I/c (West), Tis Hazari Courts. Was appointed District & Sessions Judge (Hqs.), Delhi w.e.f. 17th April, 2013 before being elevated as Permanent Judge of Delhi High Court on 8th November, 2016. Retired on 19.10.2020.