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'''Mukta Gupta''' (born 28 June 1961) is an Indian judge. She is the sitting judge of the [[Delhi High Court]], and was a former [[public prosecutor]] for the [[Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi]].<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> As a public prosecutor, she prosecuted a number of notable cases, including those relating to the [[2001 attack on the Indian Parliament]], and the [[2000 terrorist attack on Red Fort]] in Delhi, as well as the murders of [[Murder of Jessica Lal|Jessica Lal]] and [[Naina Sahni]].<ref name=":0" />
== Life ==
Gupta was educated at the Montfort School in Delhi and obtained a [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] from [[Hindu College, Delhi]] in 1980. She studied law at the [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]].<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
Gupta enrolled with the [[Delhi Bar Council]] in 1984 and practiced law in Delhi before being appointed as a public prosecutor.<ref name=":0" />
=== Public Prosecutor ===
In 1993, Gupta was appointed as an Additional Public Prosecutor in the Delhi High Court, and became a standing counsel for the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India, handling criminal matters on their behalf.<ref name=":0" /> She also was the legal representative of the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi|All India institute of Medical Science, New Delhi]], and served as a member of the Delhi Legal Services Authority, working in programs relating to rehabilitation of prisoners and juveniles in conflict with the law.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
As a government counsel, Gupta prosecuted a number of notable criminal cases, including the [[murder of Jessica Lal]], the [[murder of Naina Sahni]]<ref></ref>, the murder of [[Nitish Katara murder case|Nitish Katara]], the criminal cases relating to the [[2001 attack on the Indian Parliament]], and the [[2000 terrorist attack on Red Fort]] in Delhi.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Gupta also represented the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] in a number of significant cases, including the murders of [[Priyadarshini Mattoo]] and Madhumita Sharma, and the case concerning the leaking of intelligence from the Indian [[Naval war room leak|Naval War Room]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
=== Judiciary ===
Gupta was appointed as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court in 2009 and was appointed as a permanent judge in 2014.<ref name=":0" /><ref></ref>
As a judge she has adjudicated a number of politically significant cases, including a case against television presenter [[Arnab Goswami]] for defaming Congress leader [[Shashi Tharoor]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, and in a case concerning the conviction of a Pakistani national for conspiring to commit terrorism in India.<ref></ref> In October 2020, Gupta declined to grant relief to the secretary of the Indian Supreme Court Bar Association after he was suspended. The suspension had been instituted after he attempted to interfere with a resolution passed by the Association, criticising former Supreme Court judge Arun Mishra for violating judicial protocol and praising the Prime Minister in a public speech.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
In 2019, Gupta was appointed as a special judge in a special court constituted under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act|Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967]], to examine whether the [[Students Islamic Movement of India]] (SIMI) should be declared as an unlawful association under that act.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Gupta has adjudicated in several cases concerning the [[Freedom of expression in India|freedom of speech and expression in India]]. In 2012, Gupta refused to allow a plea for the withdrawing of an Army press release alleging bribery by a retired army officer, noting that Indian law, in her opinion, did not enforce the 'right to reputation' as a fundamental right.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In July 2020, she directed Google, Facebook, and Twitter to remove posts containing allegations of criminal conduct against a civil servant by a woman, while the case concerning these allegations was ongoing.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In April 2020, Gupta directed the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]], to provide medical treatment to a woman who had been denied access to health care after disclosing that she had tested as [[HIV-positive]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Indian women judges]]
[[Category:Indian prosecutors]]
[[Category:Indian lawyers]]
[[Category:Indian women lawyers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian lawyers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
== Life ==
Gupta was educated at the Montfort School in Delhi and obtained a [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] from [[Hindu College, Delhi]] in 1980. She studied law at the [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]].<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
Gupta enrolled with the [[Delhi Bar Council]] in 1984 and practiced law in Delhi before being appointed as a public prosecutor.<ref name=":0" />
=== Public Prosecutor ===
In 1993, Gupta was appointed as an Additional Public Prosecutor in the Delhi High Court, and became a standing counsel for the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India, handling criminal matters on their behalf.<ref name=":0" /> She also was the legal representative of the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi|All India institute of Medical Science, New Delhi]], and served as a member of the Delhi Legal Services Authority, working in programs relating to rehabilitation of prisoners and juveniles in conflict with the law.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
As a government counsel, Gupta prosecuted a number of notable criminal cases, including the [[murder of Jessica Lal]], the [[murder of Naina Sahni]]<ref></ref>, the murder of [[Nitish Katara murder case|Nitish Katara]], the criminal cases relating to the [[2001 attack on the Indian Parliament]], and the [[2000 terrorist attack on Red Fort]] in Delhi.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Gupta also represented the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] in a number of significant cases, including the murders of [[Priyadarshini Mattoo]] and Madhumita Sharma, and the case concerning the leaking of intelligence from the Indian [[Naval war room leak|Naval War Room]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
=== Judiciary ===
Gupta was appointed as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court in 2009 and was appointed as a permanent judge in 2014.<ref name=":0" /><ref></ref>
As a judge she has adjudicated a number of politically significant cases, including a case against television presenter [[Arnab Goswami]] for defaming Congress leader [[Shashi Tharoor]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, and in a case concerning the conviction of a Pakistani national for conspiring to commit terrorism in India.<ref></ref> In October 2020, Gupta declined to grant relief to the secretary of the Indian Supreme Court Bar Association after he was suspended. The suspension had been instituted after he attempted to interfere with a resolution passed by the Association, criticising former Supreme Court judge Arun Mishra for violating judicial protocol and praising the Prime Minister in a public speech.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
In 2019, Gupta was appointed as a special judge in a special court constituted under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act|Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967]], to examine whether the [[Students Islamic Movement of India]] (SIMI) should be declared as an unlawful association under that act.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Gupta has adjudicated in several cases concerning the [[Freedom of expression in India|freedom of speech and expression in India]]. In 2012, Gupta refused to allow a plea for the withdrawing of an Army press release alleging bribery by a retired army officer, noting that Indian law, in her opinion, did not enforce the 'right to reputation' as a fundamental right.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In July 2020, she directed Google, Facebook, and Twitter to remove posts containing allegations of criminal conduct against a civil servant by a woman, while the case concerning these allegations was ongoing.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In April 2020, Gupta directed the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]], to provide medical treatment to a woman who had been denied access to health care after disclosing that she had tested as [[HIV-positive]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Indian women judges]]
[[Category:Indian prosecutors]]
[[Category:Indian lawyers]]
[[Category:Indian women lawyers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian lawyers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
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