Ajay Kumar Mittal

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Hon'ble Retd. Chief Justice
Ajay Kumar Mittal
25th Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office
3 November 2019 – 29 September 2020
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Succeeded by
7th Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
In office
28 May 2019 – 2 November 2019
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byM. Y. Mir
Succeeded by
Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court
In office
9 January 2004 – 27 May 2019
Nominated byV. N. Khare
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Acting Chief Justice
In office
4 May 2018 – 2 June 2018
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byS. J. Vazifdar
Succeeded byKrishna Murari
Personal details
Born (1958-09-30) 30 September 1958
Chandigarh
EducationB.Com and LL.B
Shri Ram College of Commerce, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi

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did not move forward.[6] Meanwhile Justice Saron retired in September 2017 and in January 2018 he himself was superseded by Justice Surya Kant,[7] though elevated on same day but junior to Mittal, who was recommended to be appointed as chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court by newly constituted supreme court collegium headed by CJI Dipak Misra.[8][9] He was further superseded by Justice Kant for elevation to Supreme Court of India.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

  1. "Hon'ble Mr Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal". High Court of Meghalaya. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. "Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal takes over as chief justice of Madhya Pradesh high court". The Times of India. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. "Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal appointed Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC". Bar & Bench. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  4. "Justice A K Mittal is named acting CJ of Punjab and Haryana HC, ends uncertainty". The Indian Express. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  5. Krishnan, Murali (6 June 2017). "Mittal J. to take over reins of Delhi High Court from Mittal J." Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  6. Mandhani, Apoorva (4 June 2017). "Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal- Next Delhi High Court Chief Justice?". www.livelaw.in. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  7. "Punjab and Haryana HC judge superseded, misses Chief Justice post for second time". The Indian Express. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  8. Sethi, Chitleen K. (14 February 2018). "Collegium musical chairs: How an HC judge set to supersede one, got passed over instead". ThePrint. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  9. AK, Aditya (1 February 2018). "Collegium recommends new CJs for Delhi, Calcutta and eight other High Courts". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  10. Digital Desk, Northeast Live (28 May 2019). "Justice AK Mittal sworn in as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court". Northeast Live. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  11. Saxena, Akshita (30 October 2019). "Centre Notifies Transfers Of Chief Justices Of Patna, Meghalaya & Tripura HCs". www.livelaw.in. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  12. "मध्यप्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय के मुख्य न्यायाधीश बने अजय कुमार मित्तल, राज्यपाल ने दिलाई शपथ". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 April 2026.