HYDERABAD: Justice
Hima Kohli, the
senior judge from
Delhi high court, who is coming to
Telangana high court as its first woman
Chief Justice has the distinction of both driving and helping the
Delhi government in dealing with the
Covid-19 pandemic.
She was heading a bench that was monitoring Delhi’s preparedness in fighting Covid-19. Justice Kohli passed directions, ranging from increasing labs that could conduct Covid tests and speedy accreditation by ICMR for labs to reducing the turn-around time that is time taken to inform patients of their test results. Thanks to monitoring by her bench, wait period was reduced to a day from when the sample was taken from the earlier three days.
Born September 2, 1959, in Delhi, Justice Kohli did her schooling from St. Thomas School and graduated in History (Hons) from St. Stephens' College. On completing her law course in 1984, she enrolled as an advocate with
Bar Council of Delhi the same year. She was appointed Additional Judge of Delhi HC on May 29, 2006, and took oath as a permanent judge on August 29, 2007.