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Dalveer Bhandari
Judge

Dalveer Bhandari

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Judicial service in India and at the International Court of Justice.

Mediation and legal aid

Born
1 October 1947
Birthplace
Jodhpur

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Dalveer Bhandari

Indian jurist whose career moved from legal practice to the high courts, Supreme Court and international adjudication.

Early life

Legal training

Came from a Rajasthan legal family, studied at Jodhpur University and later earned a law master’s at Northwestern University.

Career

  1. 1968–1970

    Rajasthan practice

    Began practising in the High Court.

  2. 1977

    Delhi

    Moved his legal practice to the capital.

  3. 1991

    High Court judge

    Appointed to the Delhi High Court.

  4. 2004

    Chief justice

    Became chief justice of the Bombay High Court.

  5. 2005

    Supreme Court

    Joined the Supreme Court of India.

  6. 2012

    International Court of Justice

    Left the Supreme Court after election to the International Court of Justice.

Selected work

Mediation and legal aid

Supported mediation centres, legal literacy and improvements to court infrastructure in Maharashtra and Goa.

Beyond work

Legal aid and education

Worked at Northwestern's Legal Assistance Clinic and represented its clients in Chicago courts. He later took part in an international study tour of legal-aid and clinical legal-education programmes in Asia.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Legal aid and education — biographical source ↗International Court of Justice biography ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Nagarji. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.