Sanjay Kishan Kaul
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The Honorable Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul |
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| Judge of Supreme Court of India | |
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Assumed office 15 February 2017 |
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| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee, President of India |
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| Born | 26 December 1958 |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi |
Sanjay Kishan Kaul is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He assumed charge as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court on 26 July 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court before and also worked as judge at Delhi High Court.
A native of Srinagar, Justice Sanjay Kishan was born on 26 December 1958. Kaul hails from the Dattatreya Kauls of Srinagar. His great-great grandfather Raja Suraj Kishan Kaul was the Revenue minister in the Regency council. His great grandfather Sir Daya Kishan Kaul was a statesman & a diplomat & served as the finance minister in Jammu & Kashmir. His grandfather Raja Upinder Kishen Kaul had a career in public service & his brother Neeraj Kishan Kaul was also a Judge of Delhi High court.
After schooling in Modern School, New Delhi, he graduated in Economics (Hons.) in St. Stephen's College, Delhi and law in Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in 1982
Justice Kaul is a member of various prestigious institutions like Indian International center, India Law Institute, India Habitat Center, Roshanara club amongst others. Theatre, music, Golf & reading, including subjects unrelated to law are amongst his other areas of interest.
During his 19-year career, he handled mainly commercial, civil & writ matters in Delhi high court & Supreme court of India.
Justice Kaul was appointed additional judge of Delhi high court on 3 May 2001, and was made a permanent judge in 2003. He was also the acting chief justice of Delhi high court in September 2012. He became Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court in June 2013.
As a chancellor
The chancellor of TNNLS is the Chief Justice of Madras high court.And hence he is currently serving also as the chancellor of TNNLS.And he has also visited the college and addressed the students.[8]
In the year 2017, on the 24th of August, Justice Kaul along with 8 other brother judges ruled in favour of Privacy being a Fundamental Right, which is a watershed moment in the history of Constitutional Jurisprudence of India.
Pluralism is the soul of democracy. There should be freedom for the thought we hate. Freedom of speech has no meaning if there is no freedom after speech. The reality of democracy is to be measured by the extent of freedom and accommodation it extends.
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