D. K. Jain

D. K. Jain
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office
10 April 2006 – 24 January 2013
Nominated byYogesh Kumar Sabharwal
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
In office
11 March 2005 – 9 April 2006
Nominated byRamesh Chandra Lahoti
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Judge of the Delhi High Court
In office
19 March 1991 – 10 March 2005
Nominated byRanganath Misra
Appointed byRamaswamy Venkataraman
Personal details
Born (1948-01-25) 25 January 1948 (age 76)

Devinder Kumar Jain (born 25 January 1948; mostly known as D. K. Jain) is a former Indian judge. He is former judge of Supreme Court of India. He is also former chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and a judge of the Delhi High Court.[1]

Early life and career

Jain was born on 25 January 1948.[1] After completing a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws, he enrolled as an advocate at Delhi on 9 August 1974. He was appointed the additional judge of the Delhi High Court on 19 March 1991 and became a permanent judge from 23 January 1992.[2] He was promoted as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court on 11 March 2005. He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 10 April 2006. He retired from the Supreme Court on 24 January 2013 and during the tenure he delivered 135 judgments.[3] He was appointed the first court-appointed ombudsman for the Board of Cricket Control in India on 29 February 2019.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hon'ble Mr. Justice D.K. Jain". nalsa.gov.in. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Former Judges". delhihighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ Bench, Bar & (7 February 2013). "The Verdictum Justice D K Jain". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ Sportstar, Team (21 February 2019). "D. K. Jain appointed BCCI Ombudsman". TheHindu. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ^ "SC appoints former judge D K Jain as first ombudsman in BCCI". The Economic Times. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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