Supreme Court / Sitting Judges / Aravind Kumar
Judge, Supreme Court of India
Justice Aravind Kumar
Karnataka High Court
Career timeline
14 Jul 1962
Born
1987
Enrolled as an advocate
Trial courts for about three years; practised at the Karnataka High Court from 1990.
1999
Additional Central Government Standing Counsel, Karnataka High Court
2005
Assistant Solicitor General of India
26 Jun 2009
Additional Judge, Karnataka High Court
7 Dec 2012
Permanent Judge, Karnataka High Court
13 Oct 2021
Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court
Until 12 Feb 2023.
13 Feb 2023
Judge, Supreme Court of India
Elevated from the Karnataka High Court.
13 Jul 2027
Retires
On reaching the age of 65.
As Chief Justice of Gujarat, set up "justice clocks" in each courtroom to track pendency; said 175 cases pending over 30 years were disposed of in 87 days.
Notable judgments & orders
2021
Mohd. Arif Jameel v. Union of India, 2021 SCC OnLine Kar 15714
With Chief Justice Oka, issued directions on Covid vaccine allocation (Karnataka High Court).
Source: SCC Online
2022
Hemlata Jain v. Padmavati Analkumar Mishra, 2022 SCC OnLine Guj 1787
As Chief Justice: a notice seeking appointment of an arbitrator under Section 11(6) cannot be rejected for vague particulars.
Source: SCC Online