Justice Dalveer Bhandari
* Justice Dalveer Bhandari has resigned his office of the Judge of the Supreme Court of India w.e.f. 27/4/2012 in pursuance of proviso(a) to clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India. Elected to the post of Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). PROFILE Born on 1st October, 1947. After graduating in Humanities and Law on an international scholarship, he did Master of Laws from the Northwestern University, Chicago, USA. He also worked with the Northwestern Legal Assistance Clinic and appeared in Chicago Courts on behalf of the litigants of the said Clinic. On an International Fellowship, he visited Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Sri Lanka on an observational-cum-lecture tour on Legal Aid and Clinical Legal Educational Programmes associated with the Law Courts and Law Schools. He also worked on an International Project �Delay in the Administration of Criminal Justice in India� sponsored by the United Nations. He was a Member of a High Level Delegation which visited many places of the then USSR to study and comprehend Soviet Legal and Judicial System and its relevance for India He practiced in the Rajasthan High Court in Civil, Criminal and Constitutional branches of law from 1973 to 1976. During that period, he also taught as a part time lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Jodhpur University. He shifted to Delhi from Jodhpur in 1977 and practiced in the Supreme Court till his elevation to the Delhi High Court in March 1991. He was the Chairperson of the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee for several years. He was also the Chairperson of the Advisory Board of Delhi State of COFEPOSA and NSA for a number of years. He has been an Executive Member of the International Law Association, India Chapter since 1994. He was also the Chairperson of the Delhi Centre of the International Law Association for several years. He was invited to deliver a Key Note address in the International Conference organized by the United Nations on �Intellectual Property� at Auckland (New Zealand) in the year 2001. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of Maharashtra and Goa on 25th July, 2004. He took special interest in Computerization, Video Conferencing facilities, Legal Aid and Legal Literacy programmes and setting up of Mediation and Conciliation Centres all over the State of Maharashtra. He was instrumental in setting up the �Information Centre for the Litigants� in the Bombay High Court. He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on 28.10.2005. He has been appointed as the Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee by a notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice. He has been appointed as the Chairman of Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee and has been supervising Mediation and Conciliation Programmes all over the country. He is the Chairman of the Selection Committee for appointing the Judicial and Administrative Members for the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. He is the Chairman of Selection Committee for appointing the Chairman and Members of the Railway Claims Tribunal. On 13th March, 2006, he was invited to address the International Conference on �Judicial Education on Equality Issues in South Asia: What we have accomplished Together� organized by the Asia Pacific Advisory Forum at Kathmandu (Nepal) On 13th January, 2007, he was invited to deliver a Key Note address on �Gender Justice & Sensitization of Judiciary � An Overview� organized by the Asia Pacific Advisory Forum on Judicial Education on Equality Issues at Karachi (Pakistan). On 21st April, 2009, he was invited to deliver a Key Note address on �Transnational Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights� at the 5th International Judges Conference on Intellectual Property Law organized by the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation at Washington DC, USA. On 23rd April, 2009, he was invited to address the Faculty Members and the Students of the University on �Supreme Court of India & Public Interest Litigation� in a special function organized in his honour by the Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, U.S.A. He was nominated as a Member of �3rd High Level Indo-Australian Legal Forum Meet� held on 9th – 10th November, 2011 at New Delhi which consisted of Chief Justices, Judges, Attorney Generals from India and Australia. He has been selected as one of the 16 most illustrious and distinguished alumnis in the 150 years (1859-2009) history of the Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, USA. He was unanimously elected as President of the India International Law Foundation in 2007. He is continuing in that position. He is a Member of the Governing Council of National Law School of India University, Bangalore since 2007. He is a Member of the Governing Council of the National Law University, Jodhpur since 2006. He was invited to participate in the deliberations and intense discussion at the 6th International Judges Conference on Intellectual Property Law at Brussels, Belgium from 23rd to 25th May, 2011. The Indian Society of International Law established in 1959 has conferred distinction of Honorary Life Membership of the Society. The Indian Society of International Law also conferred distinction of Professor Emeritus of the Academy of International law and Diplomacy of the ISIL. Tumkur University, Karnataka conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) on Mr. Bhandari for his magnanimous contribution to law and justice. The Citation reads as under:- �Man of Mettle and Integrity. An illustrious legal luminary of international repute. A pioneer in the implementation of novel innovative practices in the legal system of India. A Staunch Crusader for Gender Justice, Equality Rights and Intellectual Property Rights. The laurels and awards conferred on him in recognition of his yeoman service stand on the proud pedestal of his magnanimous contribution to law and justice are laudable.� Osgoode Hall Law School, a leading Canadian University Law School has invited Justice Bhandari to be a distinguished visiting Professor in the fall of 2012.
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