{"id":235200,"date":"2020-09-02T14:39:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=235200"},"modified":"2020-09-02T14:39:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:09:03","slug":"6-years-and-over-300-judgments-later-justice-arun-mishra-bids-adieu-to-the-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/02\/6-years-and-over-300-judgments-later-justice-arun-mishra-bids-adieu-to-the-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Years and over 300 Judgments later, Justice Arun Mishra bids adieu to the Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Hon\u2019ble Mr. Justice Arun Mishra\u2019s term as a Judge of The Supreme Court of India comes to a close, we attempt to recapitulate his legal career spanning 42 years.<\/p>\n

Travelling Back in Time<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Justice Arun Mishra was born on September 3rd<\/sup>, 1955 to MP High Court judge, Late Justice Hargovind Mishra. Having completed his graduation in Science and obtaining M.A. Degree and Degree in Law simultaneously, he went on to become a Member of Faculty of Law in Jiwaji University, Gwalior from 1991 to 1996.<\/p>\n

Career Highlights\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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As Advocate\/ Member of the Bar <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Justice Mishra joined the Bar in 1978 wherein he dealt with matters related to Constitutional, Civil, Industrial, Criminal and Service Matters in the Bench of High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Gwalior.<\/p>\n

As member of the Bar Council of India, he meticulously ushered in major reforms, some of which are as follows:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. He co-chaired All India Meet of Development of Law curriculum which introduced 3 and 5 year courses of LL.B. in the year 1998-1999, which was a major step towards improving the quality of Legal Education.<\/li>\n
  2. During his Chairmanship, Bar Council of India decided to close the evening Law Colleges and more than two hundred sub-standard law colleges were closed.<\/li>\n
  3. Providing an impetus to Advocate Welfare, amount of medical aid to lawyers was enhanced. He also drafted and implemented the Foreign Law Degree Recognition Rules of 1997 under Advocates\u2019 Act, 1961; Bar Council of India Employees\u2019 Service Rules, 1996 and Rules pertaining to Foreign Lawyers\u2019 Conditions of Practice in India.<\/li>\n
  4. Remained Chairman of General Council of National Law School of India University, Bangalore, from 15.5.1998 to 24.10.1999 and continues to be a Member.<\/li>\n
  5. He led Indian Bar delegation to the \u201cLaw Conference of \u201cCommonwealth Countries\u201d held at \u2018Malaysia\u2019 in September, 1999 and chaired one Session there.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As Judge of Madhya Pradesh HC and Chief Justice of Rajasthan and Calcutta High Courts<\/span><\/h4>\n

    He was appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on October 25, 1999 and as Permanent Judge on October 24, 2001. He was also the Administrative judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court, and Chairman, State Legal Services Authority of Madhya Pradesh In November 2010 he was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and the next month itself, he took Oath of Office as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. Later on he was transferred to Calcutta High Court as Chief Justice and took oath on 14-12-2012.<\/p>\n

    Following is the list of important decisions taken during Justice Mishra\u2019s term in the aforementioned High Courts:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n