Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal presently Punjab and Haryana High Court, has been appointed as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. Justice Mittal B.Com. (Hons.) from Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University in the year 1977 and did LL.B. from Faculty of Law, Delhi University in 1980. In the same year, His Lordship was enrolled as an Advocate with Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana and started practise in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in July 1980. His Lordship practised in Civil Law, Revenue Law, Writ Side in all Branches of Law including Constitutional Law, Service Law, Company Law, Tax Laws i.e. Income-tax, wealth Tax, Sales Tax, Excise and Customs laws. His Lordship worked for the Department of Income Tax in the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 1982 and continued upto 1991. His Lordship belongs to a family of distinguished lawyers and is a grandson of Shri Shamair Chand, Barrister-at-law of Lahore/Chandigarh. His Lordship was elevated to the Bench of High Court of Punjab and Haryana on January 9, 2004. Remained as Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Punjab and Haryana w.e.f 04.05.2018 to 02.06.2018.
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