Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Height, Age, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma

• Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma was born and raised New Delhi, India.

• In an interview, Justice Swarna shared that during 1947 India Pakistan partition, her grandparents and father migrated from Sargodha in Punjab, Pakistan.

• Among seven girl children she was the third girl of her parents. Even after the society taunts, her father ensured that all his daughters received proper education.

• While pursuing her bachelor’s degree in English Literature from University of Delhi, she was awarded as one of the best all-round students of the year by Daulat Ram College.

• During her college years, she was very active in debates and various co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, where she earned many awards and certificates.

• While studying at University of Delhi, she got a certificate of merit by the National Service Scheme for completing two years of service as an NSS volunteer.

• At the age of 24, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma became a Magistrate.

• On the day of her 35th birthday, Justice Swarna became a Session Judge.

• In her legal career of three decades, she also served as Chairperson of committees, that was founded to examine complaints of sexual harassment against women employees in Tis Hazari, Patiala House, and Rohini Courts.

• In the Delhi District Courts, she took charges of various civil and criminal courts, including as Special Judge (CBI), Principal Judge of the Family Court, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Mahila Court, and Special Court of Sexual Offences against Women.

• Being a trained Judicial Mediator, she successfully settled many cases through mediation.

• In November 2019, North District Court of Delhi appointed her as the Principal District and Sessions Judge.

• In March 2022, Rouse Avenue Court appointed her as Principal District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge (CBI).

• On 28 March 2022, Justice Swarana was elevated as a permanent Judge of the High Court of Delhi.

• Along with her legal career, Justice Sharma has also written several books to create awareness and support to the law aspirant. Some of her books are “Don’t Break After Break-Up” (about women who have chosen to remain single or have experienced difficult break-ups), ‘Beyond Baghban’ (about emotional and financial challenges faced by senior citizens), ‘Tumhari Sakhi’ (about raising awareness among women about their rights and the importance of speaking up against violence), ‘Love Full Circle’ (about fiction), and ‘Judicial Education – Achieving Constitutional Vision of Justice’ (about highlighting the importance of judicial education in strengthening the justice delivery system and helping judges realise the constitutional vision of justice).

•  In 2025, Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI), Canada, she completed her doctoral of philopsy with the thesis “Achieving Constitutional Vision of Justice Through Judicial Education: A Comparative Study of the Best Practices in the UK, USA, Singapore, and Canada.”

•  As a researcher of the CJEI, Justice Swarana was actively involved in advancing judicial education. She was also appointed as a resource person for CEELI (Central and Eastern European Law Initiative), where she interacted with legal professionals from different parts of the world to share her perspectives on judicial system.

• In April 2026, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma came into news after her she refused to recuse from hearing a high-profile criminal revision petition arising out of the Delhi excise policy case, involving Arvind Kejriwal and others. She said that,

If this court was to recuse, it would be an act of surrender and a signal that institution including judge and the court can be bent, shaken and changed. Applications seeking recusal are rejected. Personal apprehensions have not been able to pass the threshold of the ‘apprehension of bias’. Recusal has to step from law, and not from narrative; and this is a defining moment for the court.”

• Justice Swarana gave a number of arguments in her order on why she won’t recuse from case even after Kejriwal expressed “apprehension of bias” to her hearing.