21 Facts About Dalveer Bhandari

Dalveer Bhandari was born on 1 October 1947 and is one of the judges of the International Court of Justice.

Dalveer Bhandari is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Dalveer Bhandari is the former chief justice of the Bombay High Court and a judge of the Delhi High Court.

Dalveer Bhandari acquired degrees in the humanities and law from Jodhpur University and practised in the Rajasthan High Court from 1968 to 1970.

Dalveer Bhandari worked at the Northwestern Legal Assistance Clinic and appeared in Chicago courts on behalf of litigants of that clinic.

Dalveer Bhandari worked with the Centre for Research in Chicago.

Dalveer Bhandari shifted his practice to Delhi in 1977 and was a Supreme Court lawyer till his elevation to the Delhi High Court in March 1991.

Dalveer Bhandari was the Chairperson of the Advisory Board of Delhi State on the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 and the National Security Act for a number of years.

Dalveer Bhandari was instrumental in setting up mediation and conciliation centres all over the states of Maharashtra and Goa.

Dalveer Bhandari organized an International Conference on Mediation and Conciliation in Mumbai.

Dalveer Bhandari ensured better infrastructural facilities, particularly for the subordinate judiciary in the states of Maharashtra and Goa.

Dalveer Bhandari took keen interest in computerization, videoconferencing facilities, legal aid and legal literacy programmes.

Dalveer Bhandari was instrumental in setting up the Information Centre for Litigants in the Bombay High Court.

Dalveer Bhandari delivered a large number of judgements while exercising the Supreme Court's jurisdiction under article 131 between the Government of India and one or more States; between the Government of India and any State or States on one side and one or more other States on the other; or between two or more States.

Dalveer Bhandari has delivered a large number of judgements on comparative law, public interest litigation, constitutional law, criminal law, civil procedure code, administrative law, arbitration laws, insurance and banking and family laws.

Dalveer Bhandari has served as the chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee and was nominated as the Chairman of the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee and was supervising mediation and conciliation programmes all over the country.

Dalveer Bhandari was sworn in as one of the judges of the International Court of Justice on 19 June 2012.

Dalveer Bhandari is notable for his interest in computerization and intellectual property law.

Dalveer Bhandari has established mediation and conciliation centers in Maharashtra and an information centre for litigants in the Bombay High Court.

Dalveer Bhandari was nominated by the Government of India as its official candidate in January 2012 for the post of a judge of the International Court of Justice.

Dalveer Bhandari was re-elected for a second term on 20 November 2017 after UK's nominee Christopher Greenwood withdrew his nomination.