Satish Chandra Sharma Explained

Satish Chandra Sharma
Office:Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Termstart:9 November 2023
Appointer:Droupadi Murmu
Nominator:Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Office1:Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court
Predecessor1:Vipin Sanghi (acting)
Termstart1:28 June 2022
Termend1:8 November 2023
Nominator1:N. V. Ramana
Appointer1:Ram Nath Kovind
Office2:Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court
Termstart2:11 October 2021
Termend2:27 June 2022
Predecessor2:M. S. Ramachandra Rao (acting)
Successor2:Ujjal Bhuyan
Appointer2:Ram Nath Kovind
Nominator2:N. V. Ramana
Office3:Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court
Status3:Acting
Successor3:Ritu Raj Awasthi
Predecessor3:Abhay Shreeniwas Oka
Termstart3:31 August 2021
Termend3:10 October 2021
Appointer3:Ram Nath Kovind
Office4:Judge of the Karnataka High Court
Termstart4:4 January 2021
Termend4:10 October 2021
Appointer4:Ram Nath Kovind
Nominator4:Sharad Arvind Bobde
Office5:Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
Termstart5:18 January 2008
Termend5:3 January 2021
Appointer5:Pratibha Patil
Nominator5:K. G. Balakrishnan
Birth Date:30 November 1961
Birth Place:Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Website:Supreme Court of India

Satish Chandra Sharma (born 30 November 1961) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former chief justice of the Delhi High Court and Telangana High Court. He has also served as the acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court and judge of the Karnataka High Court and Madhya Pradesh High Court.[1] [2]

Career

Sharma enrolled as an advocate on 1 September 1984 and became one of the leading lawyers of Madhya Pradesh. In 2003, he was designated as a Senior Advocate by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at the young age of 42 being one of the youngest senior advocates of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He practiced in constitutional, service, civil and criminal matters in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh.[2] [3] He was elevated as an additional judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 18 January 2008 and permanent on 15 January 2010. He was transferred as judge of the Karnataka High Court on 31 December 2020 and took oath on 4 January 2021. Sharma was later appointed acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court on 31 August 2021 consequent upon the appointment of A. S. Oka as a judge of Supreme Court of India. He was elevated as chief justice of the Telangana High Court on 11 October 2021. He was transferred as chief justice of the Delhi High Court on 28 June 2022.

Education

Sharma graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1981 with distinction in three subjects. He was awarded National Merit Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies. He enrolled as a student of law in Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar in 1981. Graduated on top of the class and obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1984 with three university Gold Medals.[2] [3]

Family

His father, Dr. B N Sharma apart from being an agriculturalist, was also an eminent academician who served as a professor of Jabalpur University and as the Vice Chancellor of Barkatullah University. His mother, Shrimati Shanti Sharma was a principal in Maharani Lakshmibai Higher Secondary school and also worked as district education officer at Jabalpur before retirement.[2] [3]

Further information

Sharma is on the advisory board of Law Journal published by National Law Institute University, Bhopal.[2] [3]

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Hon'ble Judges | High Court of Madhya Pradesh. mphc.gov.in. 2016-06-26.
  3. Web site: HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, B.Sc., LL.B. | High Court Of Madhya Pradesh. 117.239.39.52. 2016-06-26.