Manmohan (judge)

Manmohan
Judge of Supreme Court of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 December 2024
Nominated by	Sanjiv Khanna
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
32nd Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
In office 29 September 2024 – 4 December 2024
Nominated by	Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
Preceded by	Satish Chandra Sharma
Succeeded by	Vibhu Bakhru (acting) Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya
Judge of Delhi High Court
In office 13 March 2008 – 28 September 2024 Acting CJ: 9 November 2023 – 28 September 2024
Nominated by	K. G. Balakrishnan
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
Personal details
Born	(1962-12-17) 17 December 1962 (age 62)
Alma mater	University of Delhi

Manmohan (born 17 December 1962) is an Indian judge. He is a Judge of Supreme Court of India. He is a former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.[1] He has also served as a judge of Delhi High Court from 2008 to 2024.

Early life and education

He is the son of Jagmohan, who was governor of Jammu and Kashmir and a MP and Lieutenant Governor in Delhi.[2] He did undergraduate studies in Delhi University and got his law degree from Campus Law Centre.[2]

Legal matters

He has overseen high profile legal matters as a judge including those involving the Dabhol Power Company, the Jewels of the Nizams of Hyderabad, the Claridge's hotel, encroachment disputes at Fatehpur Sikri, and legal matters relating to the Modi family.[3]

Manmohan previously represented Ambuja Cements a case involving sales tax disputes as an attorney in 2000.[4][5]

Manmohan, alongside Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, was part of a bench that dismissed an appeal on 3 July 2024, which sought the debarment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Lok Sabha. The petitioner, Captain Deepak Kumar, who had been the pilot of the Air India flight in question, alleged that Modi was involved in a plot to cause a fatal air crash and accused him of anti-national activities. The court, however, raised concerns about the petitioner's mental health. Consequently, the court directed local authorities to monitor the petitioner under the provisions of the Mental Health Act.[6]

On 14 October 2024, the Delhi High Court bench, comprising Manmohan and Gedela, criticised a Wikipedia page dedicated to the defamation lawsuit filed by Asian News International (ANI) against the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF). The page, titled Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation, claimed that the court had threatened to block Wikipedia in India if certain editor identities were not disclosed, which the court found objectionable. The court warned that if the page was not removed, it might not hear Wikipedia's appeal. The lawsuit concerns ANI's defamation allegations over edits to its Wikipedia page, which ANI claims falsely labelled it as a state-sponsored propaganda tool for the incumbent BJP government of Narendra Modi.[7]

References

1. "Centre notifies appointment of Chief Justices for eight high courts". ddnews.gov.in. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
2. Naaz, Fareha (30 September 2024). "Justice Manmohan: All you need to know about newly sworn-in Chief Justice of Delhi High Court". Mint.
3. "Justice Manmohan takes oath as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court: 10 Key facts about him". Live Mint. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
4. "Larsen & Toubro Ltd. v. D.L.F Industries Ltd". Case Mine. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
5. "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manmohan | East District Court, Delhi | India". East District Court, Delhi. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
6. "'Are you well?' Delhi HC asks man seeking to debar PM Modi from Lok Sabha". The Hindu. 3 July 2024. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
7. "Delhi HC slams Wikipedia for its dedicated page on the ongoing lawsuit against it by ANI". The Hindu. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

External links

• Official website