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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