Supreme Court judges in Jessica Lall case

New Delhi: The judgement in the Jessica Lall murder case will be delivered by a two judge bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Swatanter Kumar.


Honourable Mr Justice P Sathasivam

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  Enrolled as an Advocate on July 25, 1973 at Madras.
• Practiced in all types of Writ, Civil and Criminal matters, Company Petition, Insolvency Petitions, Habeas Corpus Petitions both on Original and Appellate sides of the Madras High Court.
• Worked as Government Advocate, Additional Government Pleader, Special Government Pleader in the Madras High Court.
• Also worked as Legal Adviser for several State owned Transport Corporations, Municipalities, Nationalized Banks etc.
• Appointed as a permanent Judge of the Madras High Court on January 8, 1996.
• Transferred to the Punjab & Haryana High Court on April 20, 2007.
• Appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 21, 2007.
• Due to retire on April 27, 2014.

Honourable Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar

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  Enrolled as an Advocate with the Delhi Bar Council on July 12, 1971.
• Practiced in various High Courts and the Supreme Court.
• 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.
• Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on November 10, 1994.
• Transferred to Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 30, 1994.
• Appointed permanent Judge on November 30, 1995.
• Transferred to Delhi on October 4, 2004.
• Appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on March 31, 2007.
• Appointed as Judge, Supreme Court of India on December 18, 2009.
• Due to retire on December 31, 2012.