{"id":353304,"date":"2025-07-14T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=353304"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:50:23","slug":"know-thy-judge-justice-aravind-kumar-supreme-court-legal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/07\/14\/know-thy-judge-justice-aravind-kumar-supreme-court-legal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Thy Judge | From Student Union to the Supreme Court: Justice Aravind Kumar\u2019s dynamic journey & important judgments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Appointed to the Supreme Court in 2023, Justice Aravind Kumar was born on 14-07-1962 in Karnataka. He did his schooling at Bengaluru (then Bangalore) and continued his further studies from National College. Justice Aravind Kumar obtained his Law degree from Bangalore University1<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Advocacy<\/p>\n

Did you Know?<\/span> During his college days, Justice Aravind Kumar was active as Students Union Leader and was the Vice President of Bangalore University Students Action Committee<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Justice Aravind Kumar enrolled in 1987 as an Advocate. He appeared in Civil Courts, Magistrate Courts, and Appellate Tribunals for about 4 years before shifting practice to the High Courts. He was later appointed as Additional Central Government Standing Counsel at High Court of Karnataka in 1999 and as Standing Counsel for Income Tax Department for 11 years3<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Justice Kumar was also appointed as Member of Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee in the year 2002. Justice Aravind Kumar was also appointed as the Assistant Solicitor General of India in the year 2005.4<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Justice Aravind Kumar was one of the founder member and Vice-President of Lahari Advocates Forum, an organization promoted by distinguished Senior Advocates for promoting Legal Education, training young advocates, conducting workshops on various subjects for Advocates, conducting orientation courses to young Advocates seeking appointment as judicial officers. Justice Aravind Kumar acted as a legal advisor to various statutory corporations and companies and had also been appointed as Special Public Prosecutor for the Central Bureau of Investigation till his elevation as Judge of Karnataka High Court.5<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Judgeship of the High Court<\/p>\n

Justice Aravind Kumar was elevated as Additional Judge of Karnataka High Court on 26-06-2009 and later as Permanent Judge on 07-12-20126<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

After serving Karnataka High Court as a Judge for 9 years, Justice Aravind Kumar was appointed as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court on 13-10-20217<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Notable Initiatives taken by Justice Aravind Kumar during his time in the High Courts<\/p>\n