Mr. Justice M.M. Kumar, former Chief Justice of J&K High Court, joins as Member, NHRC, India

New Delhi: 2 June,2021

Mr. Justice M.M.Kumar, former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court today joined as a Member of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India.

Born on January 5, 1953, Justice Kumar after completing L.LB from Punjabi University, Patiala in 1977, got enrolled with the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, the same year and started his law practice. He did LL.M from the University of Birmingham, England in 1982.

He taught as a Guest Faculty in Department of Law, Punjab University, Chandigarh. He was elected as Vice-President of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association for 1991-92 and later appointed as Additional Advocate General (Punjab) from October 1995.

He took oath as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on 02 July, 2001 and elevated as the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 08th June, 2012. In J& K, he dealt with many PILs related to the public interest. He popularized the use of video conferencing, Mega Lok Adalats and a number of other projects. He is known to have conducted the Court proceedings even during floods in September 2014.

Thereafter, Justice Kumar also served as the Chairman, Company Law Board and also as the founder President of National Company Law Tribunal on the abolition of the Company Law Board.

He has made significant contribution in the setting up of the Chandigarh Judicial Academy and the Rajiv Gandhi National Law University Patiala.

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