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Name |
Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary |
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Date of Birth |
12th March, 1958 (Twelfth March Nineteen Hundred Fifty Eight) |
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Permanent Address |
1) Village & Post Office , Lohara, Tehsil Balh, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. 2. Arindam, Near Aira Holme Estate Kasumpti Shimla (HP) – 171009. |
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Qualification |
Primary Education from Government Primary School, Lohara, did Matriculation from Government High School, Hatgarh, Distt – Mandi (HP). Graduated from Government Degree College, Kullu and did LLB from Himachal Pradesh University in the year 1983. |
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Standing as an Advocate in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh Shimla,171001 |
More than twelve years :- i) Original side matters; ii) Constitutional matters; iii) Criminal matters and; iv) Labour and Service matters. |
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Professional Experience |
a) Above twelve years as an Advocate in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh, Courts Subordinate thereto and the Erstwhile H.P. Administrative Tribunal; b) Also functioned during this period as :- i) Additional Central Government Standing Counsel in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. ii) Legal Advisor-cum-Standing Counsel to H.P. Khadi & Village Industries Board, in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh; iii) Legal Advisor-cum-Standing Counsel to H.P. Milk Federation, in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh; iv) Legal Advisor-cum-Standing Counsel to H.P. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh; v) Legal Advisor-cum-Standing Counsel to Himachal Pradesh, Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Palampur, District Kangra, in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh; vi) Had been conducting cases on behalf of National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation; vii) Had been conducting cases on behalf of The Kangra Central Co-operative Bank in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh; viii) Empanelled as an Advocate on the panel of United Commercial Bank to conduct cases on its behalf in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. |
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Other Co-curricular Activities 1986-87
1989-1990 & 1990-1991 1993-1994 1993-1994 1994-95 |
a) Elected as Treasurer of the Himachal Pradesh, High Court Bar Association; b) Elected as Secretary of the H.P. High Court Bar Association; c) Elected as Vice President of the H.P. High Court Bar Association; d) Elected as President of the H.P. High Court Bar Association; e) Nominated as non-official member of the Council of Law Reporting, High Court of H.P. for a period of three years. |
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Induction to the cadre of District Judges and positioning in such capacity from time to time.
1.8.1995
September, 1995
June, 1997
December, 1999 July, 2001
April, 2004
May, 2006
December, 2006
June, 2008
7.10.2010 to 20.1.2012
21.1.2012
18.01.2014
4.3.2014 to 28.9.2016 23.8.2014 to 19.11.2018 25.10.2016 to 20.11.2018 20.11.2018
May/June, 2019
September/October, 2019
11.3.2020 15.9.2021
18.09.2021 to 19.10.2023
20.10.2023 |
a) Appointed as Additional District and Sessions Judge, a member of H.P. Higher Judicial Service by way of direct recruitment; b) Additional District & Sessions Judge, Kullu (Independent Charge), Civil & Sessions Division Mandi, Kullu and Lahaul & Spiti Districts at Mandi c) Additional District & Sessions Judge, Civil & Sessions Division, Shimla; d) District and Sessions Judge (Inspection) on the Establishment of the Registry of the High Court of H.P.; e) District and Sessions Judge, Civil and Sessions Division, Hamirpur; f) President, District Consumer Fora, Mandi, Kullu and Lahaul & Spiti Districts at Mandi; g) District & Sessions Judge, Kullu & Lahaul and Spiti Civil & Sessions Division at Kullu; h) Registrar (Rules)-cum-Principal Secretary to Hon’ble the Chief Justice, High Court of Himachal Pradesh; i) Re-designated as Registrar (Vigilance)-cum-Principal Secretary to Hon’ble the Chief Justice with charge of Central Project Coordinator, E-Court Project, Supreme Court of India and also as Secretary, Himachal Pradesh High Court Legal Services Committee; j) Registrar General-cum-Principal Secretary to Hon’ble the Chief Justice, High Court of Himachal Pradesh; k) Elevated as Addl. Judge of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh; Appointed as permanent Judge of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh l) Chairman, Computer Committee, High Court of Himachal Pradesh. m) Chairman, H.P. High Court Legal Services Committee, Shimla; n) President, Himachal Pradesh Judicial Academy; o) Executive Chairman, H.P. State Legal Services Authority. p) Also remained as Chairman/Member of various Committees constituted by Hon’ble the Chief Justice to run the administrative business during this period q) Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal Pradesh. r) Again appointed as Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal Pradesh. s) Demitted office as Judge of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. t) Appointed as Judicial Member in the Armed Forces Tribunal, Delhi, vide Ministry of Defence, New Delhi Order No.3 (2) /2019-Vol.II-D (AFTC) dated 15th September, 2021. u) Remained Judicial Member of Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh during this period. v) Assumed charge of Judicial Member at Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Kolkata. |
