JUSTICE MR. ANIL KUMAR CHAWLA

Justice A.K. Chawla was born on October 20, 1958 at Ambala, Haryana. 

He did his schooling from Kendriya Vidhyalaya in 1975 and completed his graduation in Science in the year 1978. He later enrolled for his LL.B in Kurukshetra University and completed in the year 1982.

He joined the bar on July 15, 1982 and started his practice at Delhi District Court. His major areas of practice were civil, company and labor laws.

He was appointed as Additional District and Sessions Judge on April 21, 1997. He presided there over various civil and criminal matters.

He in the course of his service, has held various positions such as in year 2003, he joined New Delhi Municipal Corporation as it’s legal advisor and in year 2005, he presided over Motor Accident Claim Tribunal.

Chawla is a brilliant scholar and has worked extensively in the field of law. He has served as judge across varied courts and tribunals. His range of work is very vast, his work has highly influenced young scholars.

Justice Chawla is also a trained Mediator under the aegis of Hon’ble Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC) of the Supreme Court of India.

He has been Judge in-charge of Delhi Mediation Centre, Karkardooma Court, Delhi. After which he was appointed as Secretary General, Delhi High Court Arbitration Centre where his work was immensely admired.

He was appointed as District Judge-II-cum-ASJ I/C (North) at Tiz Hazari Courts on February 06, 2010 and then from March 11, 2011, he was the District Judge III-cum-ASJ I/c (West), Tiz Hazari Courts. Later, he was appointed as District and Sessions Judge, Delhi from April 17, 2013.

Then, on November 08, 2016, he was elevated as the Permanent Judge of the Delhi High Court.

Justice Chawla throughout his journey has been part of enormous organizations and has held various prestigious offices. His experience with the law is very vast and admirable. His passion towards serving the people and his sincerity towards his work has always been rewarded positively. 

In 2008, it was the Justice Chawla’s bench which regulated that the medical aspirants who have completed their Class 12 examinations with biology as an additional subject and have qualified the NEET examination will be given admission to Bachelor of Medical and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program. 

Also, in one of the important case, CIT v. Hero Motorcorp Ltd., the bench led by Justice Chawla held that the payment of export commission paid by a company was not in the nature of payment of royalty or fee for technical services attracting disallowance under section 40 (a) (i) of the Income Tax Act. 

The bench also observed that there was no principal-agent relationship to justify the payment of the export commission. Moreover, the amount spent on that score by the Assesse was for the benefit of its business and in fact resulted in a benefit.