Gita Mittal

Gita Mittal is the acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.[1]

She has written extensively on ‘Access to Justice’; protection of human rights; impact of incarceration on women; corporate social responsibility; death penalty; impact of religion, culture, tradition on judging; corporate laws; procedure and intellectual property litigation and environmental laws and issues.

The report of the Justice JS Verma Committee, constituted in the aftermath of the 2012 Gang Rape case to suggest amendments on Criminal Law has extensively drawn from the pronouncement in Virender v. State authored by Justice Gita Mittal.

She has designed the Vulnerable Witness Courtroom Project in the Delhi Trial Courts, which led to the first such court room in India being inaugurated on 16th September, 2012. She is also Chairperson of SAMADHAN - The Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre.

She received the Distinguished Alumna Award in 2008 from the Vice President of India, awarded by the Lady Shriram College for Women.

References

  1. ↑ "CJ And Sitting Judges". Delhihighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
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