Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Born on December 26, 1958, he completed his education at Modern School, New Delhi, and graduated in Economics (Hons.) from St. Stephen’s College in 1979. He obtained his LL.B. from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in 1982 and enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi that same year.
He practiced primarily in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India, handling commercial, civil, and constitutional matters, as well as cases involving banking, finance, insurance, and real estate. He also appeared before various tribunals, including the MRTP Commission, Company Law Board, and Debt Recovery Tribunal. In 1999, he was designated Senior Advocate, having served as Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court from 1987 to 1999.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court in 2001, he became a permanent Judge in 2003. He was briefly the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court in 2012 and later elevated to Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2013.
Justice Kaul was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 17.02.2017 and served in that capacity till 25.12.2023. Following his retirement from the Supreme Court, Justice Kaul has been appointed as Presiding, Sole and nominee arbitrator in high-stakes international and domestic commercial arbitrations administered under a variety of institutional rules including SIAC, ICC and the LCIA.