Legal Era Nov 2017 | Page 26

26 COVER STORY JUSTICE GITA MITTAL Chief Justice, Delhi High Court J ustice Gita Mittal is currently the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court. She supervises a division bench hearing writ petitions arising out of orders of the Central Administrative Tribunal and other service matters. She started her legal practice in 1981, and ever since, there has been no looking back for her. She has had an illustrious legal practice in all courts and other judicial forums and was appointed Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court in 2004. Within a short span of 2 years, she was confirmed as permanent Judge of the Delhi High Court in 2006. As a Judge, Justice Gita has presided over several jurisdictions, including heading a division bench hearing criminal appeals involving life and death sentence references; matters of the Armed Forces; Cooperative Societies; Criminal Contempt References; Criminal Appeals; Death References; Company Appeals; Writ Petitions; and Lette