Jyotsna Dua sworn in as High Court judge

Legal Correspondent

Shimla, July 28

Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua was sworn in as a judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court today. She was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice L Narayana Swamy at the court. Before this, she served as an Additional Judge of the court. Judges of the HP High Court Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Sureshwar Thakur, Vivek Singh Thakur, Sandeep Sharma, Chander Bhusan Barowalia and Anoop Chitkara attended the oath-taking ceremony through videoconferencing.

Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua was born on May 15, 1969, in Nahan, Sirmaur. She graduated from the Government Degree College, Nalagarh, in 1988 and was meritoriously placed in the Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla. She obtained the LLB degree from the university in 1991 with three gold medals and secured first class position in every semester. She was awarded merit scholarships and certificates throughout the course. She got enrolled as an advocate in the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh in December 1991. She was designated as Senior Advocate in July 2015. She practised in Shimla, primarily in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh and had also been appearing before HP State Administrative Tribunal, Shimla. She was elevated as an Additional Judge of the High Court on May 30, 2019.

Keeping in view the measures for containment of the Covid-19 pandemic, no formal ceremony was held and the oath-taking ceremony was telecast live on YouTube.