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KARNATAKA MEDIATION CENTRE, BENGALURU


PATRON IN CHIEF

Hon'ble Shri. Justice Vibhu Bakhru
Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka

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         *Justice Vibhu Bakhru was born in Nagpur in 1966. * He did his schooling from Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi. * After completing his schooling he enrolled as a student with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and commenced his articles with Thakur, Vaidyanath Aiyar & Co. on 21.03.1985. * He graduated from Delhi University in 1987, after completing the course of B.Com (Hon). He cleared his final examination for Chartered Accountancy, from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, in 1989. * He received his LLB degree in 1990 and enrolled as an Advocate with Bar Council of Delhi in September, 1990. * He practiced in the Supreme Court, High Court of Delhi, Company Law Board and various other Tribunals. * He was designated as Senior Advocate by High Court of Delhi on 28th July, 2011. * He was appointed as Additional Judge of High Court of Delhi on April 17, 2013 and as Permanent Judge on March 18, 2015 (F/N). * Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court w.e.f. 05.12.2024 to 21.01.2025. * Appointed and took oath as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court on 19.07.2025.



CHAIRMAN

Hon'ble Shri. Justice K.Somashekar
Judge, High Court of Karnataka

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         Born on 15.09.1963. Enrolled as an advocate on 27.01.1990 and practiced in Mysore and Chamarajanagar Districts on both Civil and Criminal sides. Directly appointed as District and Sessions Judge on 17.06.1998 and served as Additional Districts and Sessions Judge at Bijapur(Vijayapura); and City Civil Court, Bangalore and Principal District and Sessions Judge at Uttara Kannada, Karwar District; Hassan; Bangalore Rural District, Chitradurga and Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore and also served as Registrar Judicial and Registrar Vigilance, High Court of Karnataka. Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 14.11.2016 and Permanent Judge on 03.11.2018.





BOARD OF GOVERNORS



Hon`ble Shri. Justice Ashok S. Kinagi
Judge, High Court of Karnataka

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         Born on 01.01.1970. Enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1995. Practiced in High Court of Karnakata, Kalaburagi Bench from 2008 to till date.Practiced in the field of Civil, Land Acquisition and Service Matters etc,.Panel Advocate - Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society, Gulbarga, Khaja Banda Nawaj Education Society, Gulbarga, Alstom Project India Limited, Shahabad, ACC, Wadi, Karnataka State Financial Corporation, Karnataka State Industrial and Development Board, Ganesh Co-Operative Bank, Gulbarga, Punjab National Bank, Gulbarga, Hutti Goldmines, Hutti, Dist. Raichur, The Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited.Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka and taken oath on 23.09.2019 and Permanent Judge on 01.03.2021.





Hon`ble Shri. Justice Suraj Govindaraj
Judge, High Court of Karnataka

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         Born on 14.05.1973. Graduated LL.B(Hons) at NLSIU. Enrolled as an Advocate on 23.06.1995. Practiced in the field of Civil, Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Property Law, Arbitration, Company Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Constitution Matters, Debt Recovery, Environmental Law, Revenue Matters under local land laws, Consumer Law, RERA etc., Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka and taken oath on 23.09.2019 and Permanent Judge on 01.03.2021.





Hon`ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Mulimani
Judge, High Court of Karnataka

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         Born on 15.08.1968. Enrolled as an Advocate on 31.07.1992. Handled all types of Civil Cases. Hindu Law, Probate, Company, Arbitration. Constitutional, Tax & Tariff. Electricity, Education, Service, Motor Vehicles, and Excise matters. Served as a Mediator and Trainer in Bengaluru Mediation Centre for the past 12 years. Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka and taken oath on 11.11.2019 and Permanent Judge on 08.09.2021.





Hon`ble Shri. Justice Maralur Indrakumar Arun
Judge, High Court of Karnataka

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         Born on 24.04.1970, studied SSLC from MES High School, Jayanagar, Bengaluru; PUC from Mari Mallappa Junior College, Mysore; Graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru in the year 1993. Enrolled as an Advocate on 09.06.1993; practiced under Shri A.N. Jayaram, Former Advocate General of Karnataka and Shri B.N. Dayanand; started independent practice as an Advocate from the year 1996 and represented several Universities and various State Government Undertaking; was a Central Government Senior Panel Counsel and also Additional Government Advocate for a brief period. Elevated as an Additional Judge in High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru on 07.01.2020 and assumed charge as a Permanent Judge on 25.09.2021.




Advisory Board


1. Hon'ble Minister for Law, Government of Karnataka (Chairman)
2. Advocate General of Karnataka
3. President, Bangalore Advocates' Association
4. Secretary, Bangalore Advocates' Association
5. President, Indian Federation of Women Lawyers, Karnataka Chapter
6. Asst. Solicitor General




Director, KMC


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   Sri. S.Gopalappa
   District Judge OOD




Deputy Director, KMC


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    Sri. S.S.Bharath
    Senior Civil Judge OOD




Co-ordinators


1. Smt. Lakshmi.S.Holla, Advocate
2. Smt. Rajeshwari Devi, Advocate
3. Sri. Zaheer Ahmed, Advocate
4. Smt. Jayashree Shridhar, Advocate
5. Smt. Vaishali Hegde, Advocate
6. Sri. K.L.Srinivas, Advocate