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{{Short description|Former Judge of Supreme Court of India}}
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{{Infobox judge
| honorific-prefix = Hon'ble Justice (Retd.)
| name = Arjan Kumar Sikri
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| office = [[Supreme Court of India|Judge of the Supreme Court of India]]
| term_start = 12 April 2013
| term_end =6 March 2019
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| appointer = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
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| office2 = [[Chief Justice]] of [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]]
| term_start2 = 23 September 2012
| term_end2 = 11 April 2013
| nominator2 =[[S. H. Kapadia]]
| appointer2 =[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| predecessor2 = Justice [[Ranjan Gogoi]]
| successor2 = Justice Jasbir Singh (acting)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|3|7|df=yes}}
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| nationality = [[India]]n
| spouse = Madhu Sikri
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| children = Saket Sikri
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| alma_mater = [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]]
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| website = {{Official website|http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/}}
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''' Arjan Kumar Sikri''' (born 7 March 1954) is an eminent jurist and a former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. He was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on 12 April 2013. Earlier, he had served as the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]].<ref name=zee1>{{cite news|title=Two judges sworn in Supreme Court, strength raised to 30|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/two-judges-sworn-in-supreme-court-strength-raised-to-30_841611.html|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=Zee News|date=12 April 2013}}</ref> He retired as senior most puisne judge of [[Supreme Court of India]] on 6 March 2019.
Presently, he is an International [[Judge]], at the [[Singapore International Commercial Court]],
[SICC] [[Supreme Court of Singapore|Singapore Supreme Court]], he was sworn in to the post on the 2nd of August 2019, by the [[President of Singapore]].
He is also the Chairperson of News Broadcasting Standards Authority <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/justice-ak-sikri-breaks-down-as-lawyers-bid-emotional-farewell-to-sc-judge-2057595.html|title=Justice AK Sikri Breaks Down as Lawyers Bid Emotional Farewell to SC Judge|website=News18|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sikri has an excellent academic record. He stood third in the merit list in Higher Secondary from [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]], Delhi. He completed his B.Com. (Hons.) from [[Shri Ram College of Commerce]], Delhi in 1974. He completed his LL.B. from [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]] in 1977 and won the gold medal. He also completed his LLM from the [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]].

==Career==

===As a lawyer===
Sikri was enrolled as an advocate in 1977 and he started practising in Delhi. He had specialization in Constitutional cases, Labour - Service Matters and Arbitration matters. He was counsel for numerous [[List of public sector undertakings in India|Public Sector Undertakings]], Educational Institutions, Banks & Financial Institutions and various Private Sector Corporations. He was also a part-time lecturer in Campus Law Centre, Delhi University during 1984-89.
He was vice-President, [[Delhi High Court|Delhi High Court Bar Association]] during 1994-95.<ref name="IICLAM-Profile">{{cite web|title=Profile of Hon’ble Justice Mr. Arjan Kumar Sikri|url=http://www.iiclam.org/pdf/sikri.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201215344/http://www.iiclam.org/pdf/sikri.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2014|accessdate=12 April 2013|publisher=IICLAM}}</ref> He was designated as a [[Senior Advocate]] by Delhi High Court in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Senior Advocates|url=http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/%5Cwritereaddata%5Cupload%5C%5CPublicNotices%5CPublicNotice_8IBJIGDV.PDF|publisher=Delhi High Court|accessdate=12 April 2013}}</ref>

===As a judge===
Sikri was appointed as Judge of the High Court of Delhi in July, 1999 and has also served as the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court from 10 October 2011 before being elevated as the Chief Justice of [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] in September 2012.<ref name=IICLAM-Profile /><ref name="B&B">{{cite news|date=21 March 2013|title=Supreme Court to get new judge; Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana HC AK Sikri set to be elevated|newspaper=Bar and Bench|url=http://barandbench.com/content/supreme-court-get-new-judge-chief-justice-punjab-haryana-hc-ak-sikri-set-be-elevated#.UWghYEo4HXg|url-status=dead|accessdate=12 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628172931/http://barandbench.com/content/supreme-court-get-new-judge-chief-justice-punjab-haryana-hc-ak-sikri-set-be-elevated%23.UWghYEo4HXg|archive-date=28 June 2013}}</ref> in 2013 he was elevated to the Supreme Court of India.<ref name=FE>{{cite news|title=Justice Sikri set to be elevated to apex court |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/justice-sikri-set-to-be-elevated-to-apex-court/1090712 |accessdate=12 April 2013 |newspaper=Financial Express |date=20 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325064028/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/justice-sikri-set-to-be-elevated-to-apex-court/1090712 |archivedate=25 March 2013 }}</ref>

===Other positions===
* Member, General Body and Academic Council of [[National Judicial Academy (India)]]
* Patron-in-Chief, Delhi Judicial Academy.
* Member of the committee on Restatement of Law by the Chief Justice of India.
* Patron-in-Chief and Executive Chairman, Delhi Legal Services Authority.
* Secretary, [[International Law Association|International Law Association (Indian Branch)]]
* Member, Governing Council of the [[Indian Law Institute]]
* Chancellor of the [[National Law University, Delhi]] (past).<ref name=IICLAM-Profile /><ref name=DelHC-profile>{{cite news|title=Former Judges, Delhi High Court|url=http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/formerjudges.asp?currentPage=16|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=Delhi High Court}}</ref>

==Achievements==
Sikri was chosen as one of the 50 most influential persons in Intellectual Property in the world in a survey conducted by Managing Intellectual Property Association (MIPA) for 2007.<ref name=PN>{{cite news|title=Sikri is Punjab & Haryana HC Chief Justice|url=http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/sikri-punjab-haryana-hc-chief-justice/53440|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=Punjab Newsline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031003448/http://punjabnewsline.com/content/sikri-punjab-haryana-hc-chief-justice/53440|archive-date=31 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable Judgments==
* In 2013, a Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench consisting of chief justice A. K. Sikri and justice Jain had upheld the appointment of Punjab director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini who was chargesheeted in a criminal case by a CBI court in Delhi holding that he was "legally competent" to hold his present position.<ref>{{cite news|title=HC upholds Punjab DGP’s appointment|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/HC-upholds-Punjab-DGPs-appointment/articleshow/19504700.cms|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=Time of India|date=12 April 2013}}</ref>
* A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court headed by Chief Justice Sikri had issued notice to [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs of India]] taking cognizance of a [[Public Interest Litigation]] application seeking release of two prisoners from Punjab, languishing in [[Pakistan]] jails even after completion of their sentence.<ref>{{cite news|title=Notice to Centre on prisoners in Pak jails|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Notice-to-Centre-on-prisoners-in-Pak-jails/articleshow/19372546.cms|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=Times of India|date=4 April 2013}}</ref>
* A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court headed by Chief Justice Sikri had issued directions to the states of Punjab and Haryana and Chandigarh administration on what remedial measures to take to curb the menace of crime against women.<ref>{{cite news|title=Act fast on molesters, HC to Punjab, Haryana|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Act-fast-on-molesters-HC-to-Punjab-Haryana/articleshow/19353154.cms|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=Times of India|date=3 April 2013}}</ref> Earlier he had also noted that Judges have to be sensitized about securing out speedy justice in cases related to crime against women, elders, children and discrimination against HIV-infected persons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Judges need to be sensitized in cases of crimes again women|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Judges-need-to-be-sensitized-in-cases-of-crimes-again-women/articleshow/18002335.cms|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=Times of India|date=13 January 2013}}</ref>
* In 2011, as acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, he treated a letter addressed to him by a lawyer as suo moto Public Interest Litigation [Writ Petition (Civil) 8889 of 2011]. Letter highlighted the illegal practice of falsification of age of children resulting into their treatment as adult criminals and subsequent incarceration as adults in Jails. He issued comprehensive guidelines for various agencies aimed on elimination of incarceration of children as adults in jail. It was in this judgment that he introduced "Age Memo" as a legal tool to document and record age investigation by police.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tihars juvenile woes: Over 200 shouldn't be in jail|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/tihars-juvenile-woes-over-200-shouldnt-be-in-jail-256992.html|newspaper=First Post|date= 27 March 2012}}</ref>

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