Nagendra Kumar Jain

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Hon'ble Justice
Nagendra Kumar Jain
Justice Nagendra Kumar Jain
Chairman, Rajasthan State Human rights Commission[1]
In office
16 July 2005 – 15 July 2010
President, Shri Mahavirji
In office
February 2011 – February 2013
Lokayukta, Himachal Pradesh[2]
In office
November 2004 – 15 July 2005
Chairperson, Himachal Pradesh State Human Rights Commission
In office
24 November 2004 – 15 July 2005
Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court[3]
In office
31 August 2001 – 19 October 2004
Chief Justice of Madras High Court[4]
In office
13 September 2000 – 30 August 2001
Member of Academic Council of National Law School of India University
In office
1993–1996
Judge of Rajasthan High Court[5]
In office
20 July 1990 – 18 December 1997
Personal details
Born (1942-10-20) 20 October 1942 (age 81)
Alwar, Rajasthan
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Jodhpur

Justice Nagendra Kumar Jain is an Indian judge, and the current chairman of Bar Council of Rajasthan. He was also invited to discuss the reforms in the judiciary by Parliamentary Estimate committee in 1985. He became a member of the Bar council of India and Member of Executive and governing council of National Law School of India University in 1986.

Early life[edit]

He was born on 20 October 1942 in Alwar Rajasthan and completed his primary education from Happy School. Later he shifted to Jaipur for his higher education and completed his secondary education from Mahaveer School. He further continued his education from Maharaja College, Jaipur and graduated from Rajasthan College of Rajasthan University. He also represented state in several National and interstate Badminton tournaments from 1955 to 1968 and in 1977 he also played Nationals in veterans.

Career[edit]

After receiving his degree of The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Jodhpur University in 1967 he was enrolled as an advocate on 26 January 1968 in Rajasthan High Court and started his practice with emphasis on Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Writ, Company and Taxation Matters. He also worked as a part-time Lecturer in Jodhpur University and served on the following positions before being appointed Judge of Rajasthan High court.

He became a Judge of Rajasthan High Court on 20 July 1990. He spent around six years at Jodhpur and about 16 months at Jaipur bench as a Judge. He was transferred to Madras High Court on 18 November 1997. He officiated as Chief Justice on 22 January 1999 till May 1999, 28 September to 9 October 1999 then 6 June till becoming permanent Chief Justice in Madras High Court on 13 September 2000. Thereafter he was transferred as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court on 31 August 2001 and superannuated on 19 October 2004. Some of the important milestones of his Judicial career are as follows:

Rajasthan State Human rights Commission[edit]

  • List of incidents reported and addressed along with documentation of the cases reported in the previous year before his tenure began.[8]
From Till Child Health Prison Gang Labor SC / ST Police Pollution Religious Woman Others Rejected Total
1 April 2004 31 March 2005 13 43 94 19 01 19 819 16 29 92 125 2002 3272
1 April 2005 31 March 2006 18 50 84 48 08 41 867 12 48 130 112 2317 3735
1 April 2006 31 March 2007 20 30 80 38 12 16 1002 16 54 158 158 2306 3890
1 April 2007 31 March 2008 24 38 63 08 08 27 997 17 33 186 317 2126 3844
1 April 2008 31 March 2009 36 34 57 26 06 39 1121 14 27 191 331 2095 3977
1 April 2009 31 March 2010 18 05 98 161 03 96 768 08 19 142 407 1526 3251

President of the Management Committee Shri Mahavirji[edit]

He is a lifetime member of this working committee since January 1997 and contributes his efforts on regular basis. Under his presidency February 2011~14, he took the effort to publish an Introduction of the members of this committee since its inception in the year 1930, to highlight their contributions and motivate fellow members.[9] He has broadly categorized his scope of work beyond the routine set of functions and activities which are regularly organised by the committee under the following heading.

A stamp was released with pictorial view of the temple along with the seal on postcard on 13th Rajpex 2012.[10]

Recent activities[edit]

Following his retirement from the bench, Jain has campaigned against child marriage, organised by Help Educate Children (HEC) and Awareness for Training, Motivation and Action (ATMA) supported by UNICEF India.[11]

Publications[edit]

List of his publications during his tenure as Chairperson of Rajasthan Human Rights Commission:

  • Human Rights according to Article-21 of the Constitution of India.[12]
  • Human Rights & Duties according to Article-51(A).[13]
  • Points to remember on Human Rights Day.[14]
  • Human Rights and HIV/AIDS.[15]
  • Policies & Procedures of working of Human Rights Commission.[16]
  • Rules & Regulations of Human Rights Commission [17]
  • Human Rights for Children.[18]
  • Human Rights for Women.[19]
  • Human Rights for schedule caste & tribes with special privileges.[20]
  • Human Rights in reference to arrest.[21]
  • Human Rights in reference to imprisonment or jail.[22]
  • Human Rights in reference to MLA Scheme.[23]
  • Human Rights in reference to Government Development schemes.[24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Former Chairman & Members | Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission". Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. ^ http://hp.gov.in/lokayukta/Microsoft_Word_LokayuktaAct.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "High Court of Karnataka Official Web Site". karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in.
  4. ^ "Madras High Court". www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  5. ^ http://hcraj.nic.in/formerj.aspx#66
  6. ^ Jain
  7. ^ "N.K. Jain sworn in CJ of High Court". The Hindu. 1 September 2001.[dead link]
  8. ^ "N.K JAIN-Farewell". www.justicenagendrakjain.com.
  9. ^ "Shree Mahaveer". www.mahaveerji.org.
  10. ^ "My Stamp released with Shri Mahavirji Temple, Shri Mahavirji – Rajpex 2012 | Customised Stamp | Indian Stamp Ghar". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  11. ^ "用户默认页面".
  12. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  23. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  24. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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