Template:Infobox Judge Ajay Kumar Mittal (born 30 September 1958) is a retired Indian judge.[1] He is a former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court[2] and Meghalaya High Court and former judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court.[3]
Early life
He was born on 30 September 1958 at Chandigarh. In 1977 he passed B.Com. (Hons.) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, and did his LL.B from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1980. In the same year he enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana and started practice in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in July 1980.
Career
He was elevated as judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court on 9 January 2004. He served as the Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from 4 May 2018 to 2 June 2018.[4]
In June 2017[5] it was reported that supreme court collegium led by CJI J. S. Khehar recommended him to be appointed as chief justice of Delhi High Court superseding Justice S. S. Saron who was two years senior to him but however recommendation did not move forward.[6] Meanwhile Justice Saron retired in September 2017 and in January 2018 he himself was superseded by Justice Surya Kant,[7] though elevated on same day but junior to Mittal, who was recommended to be appointed as chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court by newly constituted supreme court collegium headed by CJI Dipak Misra.[8][9] He was further superseded by Justice Kant for elevation to Supreme Court of India.
He was finally appointed as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court and took oath on 28 May 2019.[10] He was transferred as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court[11] for his final year, and he took oath on 3 November 2019.[12] He retired on 29 September 2020.
References
- ↑ Hon'ble Mr Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal. High Court of Meghalaya(13 November 2019). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal takes over as chief justice of Madhya Pradesh high court. The Times of India(4 November 2019). Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ↑ Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal appointed Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC. Bar & Bench(2019-05-22). Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ↑ Justice A K Mittal is named acting CJ of Punjab and Haryana HC, ends uncertainty. The Indian Express(2018-05-04). Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ Mittal J. to take over reins of Delhi High Court from Mittal J., Krishnan, Murali. Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news(2017-06-06). Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal- Next Delhi High Court Chief Justice?, Mandhani, Apoorva. www.livelaw.in(2017-06-04). Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ Punjab and Haryana HC judge superseded, misses Chief Justice post for second time. The Indian Express(2018-02-03). Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ Collegium musical chairs: How an HC judge set to supersede one, got passed over instead, Sethi, Chitleen K.. ThePrint(2018-02-14). Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ Collegium recommends new CJs for Delhi, Calcutta and eight other High Courts, AK, Aditya. Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news(2018-02-01). Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ Justice AK Mittal sworn in as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court, Digital Desk, Northeast Live. Northeast Live(2019-05-28). Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ Centre Notifies Transfers Of Chief Justices Of Patna, Meghalaya & Tripura HCs, Saxena, Akshita. www.livelaw.in(2019-10-30). Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ मध्यप्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय के मुख्य न्यायाधीश बने अजय कुमार मित्तल, राज्यपाल ने दिलाई शपथ. Amar Ujala. Retrieved 2026-04-19.