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Sanjay Kishan Kaul is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He assumed charge as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court on 26 July 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court before and also worked as judge at Delhi High Court
Early life & education
A native of Srinagar, Justice Sanjay Kishan was born on 26 December 1958. Kaul hails from the Dattatreya Kauls of Srinagar. His great-great grandfather Raja Suraj Kishan Kaul was the Revenue minister in the Regency council. His great grandfather Sir Daya Kishan Kaul was a statesman & a diplomat & served as the finance minister in Jammu & Kashmir. His grandfather Raja Upinder Kishen Kaul had a career in public service & his brother Neeraj Kishan Kaul was also a Judge of Delhi High court.[3]
After schooling in Modern School, New Delhi, he graduated in Economics (Hons.) in St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and law in Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in 1982
Justice Kaul is a member of various prestigious institutions like Indian International center, India Law Institute, India Habitat Center, Roshanara club amongst others. Theatre, music, Golf & reading, including subjects unrelated to law are amongst his other areas of interest
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