Hima Kohli

Kohli was born on 2 September 1959 in New Delhi. She did her schooling at St. Thomas' School.{{cite news |title=Telangana HC Chief Justice Hima Kohli recommended for Supreme Court Judge appointment |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2021/aug/19/telangana-hc-chief-justice-hima-kohli-recommended-for-supreme-court-judge-appointment-2346650.html |work=The New Indian Express}} In 1979, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.{{cite news |title=Telangana HC Chief Justice Hima Kohli recommended for Supreme Court Judge appointment |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2021/aug/19/telangana-hc-chief-justice-hima-kohli-recommended-for-supreme-court-judge-appointment-2346650.html |work=The New Indian Express}} She later went on to earn a postgraduate degree in history from the University of Delhi, and a degree in law from the Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi.

Kohli enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1984.{{Cite web|title=CJ And Sitting Judges|url=http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/cjsittingjudges.asp|access-date=2020-02-27|website=delhihighcourt.nic.in}} She practiced law in Delhi, acting as a counsel for the New Delhi Municipal Council between 1999 and 2004, as well as representing the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. She was also appointed a legal advisor to several Delhi and central government bodies, including the Delhi Pollution Control committee, the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India, and the National Cooperative Development Corporation. She also provided legal aid services with the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee.

On 29 May 2006, Kohli was appointed an additional judge on the Delhi High Court, and her appointment was made permanent on 29 August 2007. During her tenure on the Delhi High Court, she wrote several notable orders and judgments, including calling for inquiries into the detention of prisoners who had already been granted bail,{{Cite web|date=2020-07-22|title=HC pulls up Tihar for detaining man in jail for 10 days despite bail order|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/hc-pulls-up-tihar-for-detaining-man-in-jail-for-10-days-despite-bail-order-6517301/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}} protecting the identity of juveniles accused of crime,{{Cite web|date=2017-12-31|title=Juvenile's identity not to be disclosed at any time, says Delhi High Court|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/juveniles-identity-not-to-be-disclosed-at-any-time-says-delhi-high-court-5005735/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}} and the provision of facilities to enable visually-challenged people to study in government educational institutions.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-05|title=HC directs DU to provide scribes to visually impaired students online exams|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/hc-directs-du-to-provide-scribes-to-visually-impaired-students-online-exams-6541124/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}

In 2020, Kohli headed a judicial committee that monitored the Delhi Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.{{Cite web|last=Mutha|first=Sagar Kumar|date=16 December 2020|title=Telangana set to get its first woman Chief Justice {{!}} Hyderabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/state-set-to-get-its-first-woman-cj/articleshow/79747490.cms|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-07|website=The Times of India|language=en}} She rebuked the Central Government and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for delaying approvals that would allow private laboratories to conduct testing in relation to the pandemic.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-17|title=Delhi HC pulls up ICMR over wait for approvals|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-hc-pulls-up-icmr-over-wait-for-approvals-6509611/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}

In 2021, Kohli was appointed the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, becoming the first woman to occupy that position since it was separated from the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2019.{{Cite web|title=Justice Hima Kohli takes oath as first woman CJ of Telangana HC|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2021/jan/07/justice-hima-kohli-takes-oath-as-first-woman-cj-of-telangana-hc-2246806.html|access-date=2021-01-07|website=The New Indian Express}}

Kohli has also been involved with legal education and legal aid in India. From 2017, she has served on the general council of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, in Kolkata, and from 30 June 2020, she has served on the council for the National Law University, New Delhi. She became the chairperson of the Delhi State Legal Services Authority from 20 May 2020.

She was elevated as a judge of Supreme Court of India on 26 August 2021 and took oath on 31 August 2021. She retired on 1 September 2024. Over the course of her Supreme Court tenure, Kohli sat on 208 benches and authored 40 judgments.{{Cite web |title=Justice Hima Kohli: Tenure in numbers |url=https://www.scobserver.in/journal/justice-hima-kohli-tenure-in-numbers/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Supreme Court Observer |language=en-US}} Kohli was a member of the benches that rejected a plea recognizing a right to marry for sexual minorities, upheld the powers of the National Capital Territory to control its administrative officers and civil servants, and held that celebrities could be liable for endorsing products through misleading information.{{Cite web |title=Justice Hima Kohli’s Notable Judgements |url=https://www.scobserver.in/journal/justice-hima-kohlis-notable-judgements/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Supreme Court Observer |language=en-US}}

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