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    Justice Mukundakam Sharma

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    Hon’ble Dr. Justice Mukundakam Sharma – Born in Calcutta on 18th September, 1946. Matriculated from Don Bosco School, Guwahati; Pre-University education from Cotton College, Guwahati. B.A. from Ramjas College, Delhi and M.A. LLB degree, as well as Ph.D from Guwahati University. Enrolled as an Advocate under the Bar Council of Assam & Nagaland and practised in the Guwahati High Court. Panel Counsel for different Governments of North-Eastern States and also as the Standing Counsel for the State of Mizoram as well as the Indian Railways. Advocate General for the State of Mizoram from 28th April, 1988 to 7th February, 1989 and also for the State of Nagaland from April, 1992 to January, 1994. Associated with the Law Research Institute, Guwahati High Court in giving legal shape to the customary laws of the North Eastern Region. Was also a part time Lecturer (Evening Classes) in Law in Guwahati University from 1979 to 1990. Appointed as Judge of the Guwahati High Court and assumed office on 10th January, 1994. Transferred to Patna High Court and took oath on 14th February, 1994. Posted to Ranchi Bench and decided cases covering an extensive area of Commercial and Industrial Law. Subsequently during the same year transferred to the Delhi High Court and took oath of office on 12th December, 1994. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice on 28th November, 2006 and worked as such till 3rd December, 2006. Elevated as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court on 4th December, 2006. Elevated as the Judge of Supreme Court of India on 9th April, 2008. Associated with the project undertaken by Asian Development Bank in collaboration with the Government of India, Justice Department on �India – Administration of Justice�. Was the Chairman of the Project�s Monitoring committee and was a Member of the Steering Committee. Visited Pakistan during the course of the Pilot Project. Participated in the conference organised by World Intellectual Property Organisation in cooperation with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, in Washington DC, USA. Was Chairman of Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee and in that capacity associated with various projects of providing legal aid and has also participated in many seminars on legal aid. Has been the Patron-in-Chief of Delhi Legal Services Authority. Invited to attend the prestigious 5th International Judges Conference from 19th-21st April, 2009 and delivered a speech on �Developing Judicial Issues�. Visited Chengdu (China) in 2009 for the �2009 International Conference on Judicial Protection of IPR in China� and delivered lectures on the various fronts of IPR Protection. Appointed by the Hon�ble Chief Justice of India as the Chairman of the North Eastern Regional Committee, that has been entrusted with the primary task of sensitizing the North Eastern Region on legal issues and to bring about an awareness about the rights and duties of every individual. Had been the Chancellor of National Law University, New Delhi in the capacity of being the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and now has been appointed on the post of the Visitor, NLU Delhi. Retired on 18.09.2011 (F.N.).