By Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 1
The Haryana
Governor, Mr. Jagannath Pahadia, today administered the oath of office to
Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana
High Court at Haryana Raj Bhavan.
Besides the family members of Mr.
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and the Judges of Delhi and Punjab and Haryana High
Court, the function was attended by Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Bhupinder Singh
Hooda, Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal, Haryana Education
Minister Mrs Geeta Bhukkal and senior officers of Haryana, Punjab and
Chandigarh.
Interacting with the media persons after
the oath, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said that his priorities would be to
bring down the pendency of cases which are currently about 11.51 lakh in
district courts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.
He said that the strength of judges of Punjab and Haryana
High Court has reached 41 as against the sanctioned strength of 68 judges.
Shortage of judges leads to pendency in the cases and the ideal strength should
be between 50 to 55. To lessen the burden on the court, he emphasized upon
strengthening of alternative dispute resolution by the government, he
added.
Born on December 26, 1958, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was
elevated Additional Judge of the High Court of Delhi on May 3, 2001 and
appointed as a permanent judge on May 2, 2003. Earlier, he was enrolled as an
advocate on July 15, 1982.
Justice Kaul studied in Modern School in New Delhi and
then graduated in Economic (Honours) from St Stephen's College, University of
Delhi in 1979. He obtained LL.B. degree from the Campus Law Centre, University
of Delhi in 1982.
He practiced as an advocate in Delhi High Court and the
Supreme Court of India, mainly in commercial, civil, writ, original and company
matters. He also appeared before the MRTP Commission, Company Law Board, Debt
Recovery Tribunal and Arbitrators.
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