Mukundakam Sharma
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office
9 April 2008 – 17 September 2011
Appointed byPratibha Patil
Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court
In office
4 December 2006 – 9 April 2008
Preceded byMarkandey Katju
Succeeded byAjit Prakash Shah
Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court
In office
28 November 2006 – 4 December 2006
Judge of the Delhi High Court
In office
12 February 1994 – 28 November 2006
Judge of the Patna High Court
In office
14 February 1994 – 12 December 1994
Judge of the Gauhati High Court
In office
10 January 1994 – 14 February 1994
Personal details
Born (1946-09-18) 18 September 1946
Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India (Present-day West Bengal, India
Alma mater
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Mukundakam Sharma (born 18 September 1946)[1] is an Indian attorney and judge. He served on the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed on 9 April 2008, and retired on 17 September 2011.

Career

Sharma was enrolled as an advocate on 16 June 1970, and practiced in the Gauhati High Court in constitutional, service, civil, and taxation matters. He also worked as a panel and government advocate for the states of Assam and Manipur. He was the standing counsel for the state of Mizoram from 1981 to 1988 and Advocate General there from April 1988 to February 1989. He was designated as a senior advocate on the first day of 1988 and worked as Advocate General for Nagaland from April 1992 to January 1994. Throughout 1979 to 1992, he was a part-time law lecturer at University Law College, Gauhati University.

He was appointed a permanent judge of the Gauhati High Court on 10 January 1994, before transferring to the Patna High Court, on 14 February 1994, and then to the Delhi High Court, on 12 December 1994. Sharma served as acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, on 28 November 2006, and was assigned the position of the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, on 4 December 2006.

He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 9 April 2008,[1] a post that he held until his retirement in 2011.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mukundakam Sharma". Supreme Court of India. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2019.


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