Sanjay Karol is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the former Chief Justice of Patna High Court and Tripura High Court. He also served as Judge and Acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Wiki/Biography
Sanjay Karol was born on Wednesday, August 23, 1961 (age 61; as of 2022) in Garli village, Dragopippur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Virgo. In 1977, he enrolled at St. Edward’s School, Shimla. He received his bachelor’s degree in history from Government College, Sanjali. In 1985, he pursued his law degree from Himachal Pradesh University Law School. He was called to the Bar in 1986 and started practicing before various courts, including the Supreme Court of India, in constitutional, tax, corporate, criminal and civil matters. During his practice, he served as counsel before the Supreme Court of India in Inter-State Water Disputes (BBMB Project).
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Not much information is available about his parents and siblings.
wife and children
His wife’s name is unknown.
Sanjay Carroll and his wife
His son’s name is Sarthak Karol and his daughter’s name is Shradha Karol.
Sanjay Karol and his son
caste
He belongs to the Sudh caste.
Profession
From 1998 to 2003, he served as the Attorney General of Himachal Pradesh, discharging his constitutional duties. In 1999, he became a Senior Advocate of the Himachal Pradesh High Court and served as a member of the Central Government Senior Panel of the Supreme Court of India. On March 8, 2007, he was appointed as a judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court. On April 25, 2017, he began serving as the Acting Chief Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. In 2017, while serving as Acting Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, he also served as Chairman, HP High Court Legal Services Committee, discharged statutory duties as Executive Chairman, HP State Legal Services Authority and served as a member of the Board of Directors of HP Corporation. Dean, Himachal Pradesh Judicial Academy. On November 14, 2018, he was appointed as the fourth Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court. In 2018, he served as the Chief Patron of Tripura Legal Services Authority and Chairman of Tripura Judicial Academy. On November 11, 2019, he was transferred as Chief Justice of Patna High Court. In 2019, he also served as the Chief Patron of Bihar Legal Services Authority, Chief Patron of Bihar Judicial College and Chancellor of Chanakya National Law University, Patna. On February 6, 2023, he became a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Assets and property
movable property
jewelry
vehicle
real estate
land
- 60 Bighas (approximately) in Churag, Tehsil Karsog, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
- 16 Bighas (approximately) located in Karsog, Himachal Pradesh
- BAra Ward, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Approximately 150 sq. yards
- Share land of Galli, Dera, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
- Sharing 2500 sqm in Main Bazar, Kalka, Haryana
- 39 Biswas (outside municipal limits), Kamyana village, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
commercial building
- SI.No. Two Houses on Land (I)
- Architectural part of the house in Station Bara Ward, Shimla commonly known as Bell Villa
- Share the house at the place mentioned in SI.No. (Four)
- Apartment and Basement C-164, Manu Apartment, Mayur Vihar, Delhi
Facts/Trivia
- In 2017, he ordered the construction of public toilets on national highways for people traveling on public buses. He also claimed that forcing people to urinate or defecate in public because there are no public toilets violates their dignity.
- In 2017, while serving in the Himachal Pradesh High Court, he delivered judgments on issues such as eliminating discrimination against married women in employment, stopping illegal mining, and protecting rivers from illegal construction of dams. After his verdict, many steps were taken to address the problem, including installing cameras in prisons to check human rights violations, building roads, protecting UNESCO heritage sites, improving medical facilities in hospitals, forest reforms and other sectors, especially the forest Guard conditions and police reform.
- On June 1, 2018, while serving as the acting chief judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, he went to the local area at 3 am to check the records of complaints related to water supply. Carroll’s move was highly appreciated.
- Once, his judgment on a case impressed many people, and Carroll received praise from many people. He helped a girl named Indu Kumari who filed a petition as she was denied admission to Himachal Pradesh University under 5% quota under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. According to her, the university only offers 3% of the seats. Reserved for students with disabilities. He said of this matter:
In view of the fact that Section 32 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 clearly states that 5% of seats should be reserved for persons with disabilities, the university’s act of reserving only 3 seats to provide % of seats for persons with disabilities is completely unreasonable and unacceptable, Violation of regulations. “
- In 2019, when he was serving in the Patna High Court, he took some steps to protect the environment. He did not allow the destruction of the lime tree on the High Court campus for the construction of a new building. He asked the engineers to change the design and reshape the complex so that the Bodhi trees would not be harmed.
- On December 13, 2022, he was recommended to serve as a Supreme Court judge, but was not confirmed by the federal government. Others sitting on the bench with Carroll include Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Pankaj Mittal, Manipur High Court Chief Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, Patna High Court Justice Asanuddin Aman Justice Noura and Allahabad High Court Justice Manoj Misra.
- In an interview, Carroll said that his motivation in life was to help all poor litigants, for which he also adopted methods of conciliation, mediation and proposed setting up legal clinics at the Panchayat level.
- He is known for his humble behavior. According to media reports, Carroll once saved the life of a milkman who fainted after suffering an epileptic seizure at Lakkal Bazaar in Shimla. Carroll saw him lying on the road as he passed by, got out of his car and asked the driver to take the man to hospital.
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