Hon'ble Justice
Anoop Kumar Mendiratta
Judge of Delhi High Court
Assumed office
28 February 2022
Nominated byN. V. Ramana
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Law Secretary of India
In office
23 October 2019 – 27 February 2022
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad
Kiren Rijiju
Preceded byAlok Srivastava, IAS
Personal details
Born (1963-03-06) 6 March 1963 (age 60)

Anoop Kumar Mendiratta (born 6 March 1963) is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is serving as Judge of Delhi High Court. Previously, he has served as Law Secretary of India.

Career

He has served as district and sessions judge at North-East Delhi District Court. As a judge, Mendiratta headed the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal, and served as a CBI special judge in 2012.[1]

He also served as the Principal Secretary (Law) in the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, during which he had disagreements with Delhi law minister Kailash Gahlot, resulting in his repatriation to his parent judicial cadre.[2]

Law Secretary

Mendiratta was appointed Secretary (Legal Affairs), heading the Department of Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Law and Justice, on deputation from the judicial service,[3] by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, on the advice of a search-cum-selection committee, which interviewed more than 60 people for the job.[1][2][4] His appointment marked the first time a serving judge was appointed Law Secretary, breaking the earlier tradition of appointing Indian Legal Service officers to the post, although recruitment rules had always provided for the possibility of a serving district judge being appointed.[1][2][4]

Judge

Mendiratta was appointed Judge of Delhi High Court on 25 February 2022.

References

  1. ^ a b c "For the first time, serving judge appointed Union Law Secretary". The Economic Times. New Delhi. ET Bureau. 21 October 2019. ISSN 0013-0389. OCLC 61311680. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c M., Kaunain Sheriff (15 October 2019). "A K Mendiratta appointed Union law secretary". The Indian Express. New Delhi. OCLC 70274541. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Delhi Confidential: A View On Room". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Express News Service. 23 October 2019. OCLC 70274541. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Anoop Kumar Mendiratta appointed new Law Secretary". Business Standard. New Delhi. Press Trust of India. 14 October 2019. OCLC 496280002. Retrieved 12 January 2020.


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