1. RESUME
Dr. GYANENDRA KUMAR SHARMA
OFFICE: District and Sessions Judge
Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India
263642
Phone No. : +91-9411107752
Tel. Fax : +91-5963-220394
sharmagk1962@gmail.com
www.gksharmaja.com
CAREER PROFILE
An innovative Judge Academician. As an academician have innovated the ideas for
enhancing timely justice delivery mechanism and executed the ideas as a judge in the
court of law. Dynamic, ethical and performance driven personality, with over 25 years of
broad-based experience in legal field (more than eleven years as District Judge and
Additional District Judge) with visible achievements while serving under various
departments. Out-of-box thinker with visionary leadership strength, characterized by
innovative spirit, unyielding disciplined life and believes in surrendering every performed act
and deed to the authority of God Almighty.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE –AN OVERVIEW
District and Sessions Judge, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India
From June 2014 -continue
Director, Uttarakhand Judicial and Legal Academy, Bhowali, Nainital,
Uttarakhand, India.
May 2013 to June 2014
Legal Advisor to Governor of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
May2011 – April 2013
Additional Charges during this assignment were-
Secretary, Lokayukta (Ombudsman) Uttarakhand, Dehradun, India.
Chairman, State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Dehradun, Uttarakhand ,
India
PresidingOfficer,Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum- Labour Court,
2. Chandigarh , India
April 2008 to May 2011
Principal Judge Family Court, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India.
July 2006 to April 2008
Additional District and Sessions Judge, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
April 2003 to July 2006
Additional Charges during this assignment were-
Founder Additional Director, Uttarakhand Judicial and Legal Academy,
Nainital, India
Member Secretary, State Legal Services Authority, uttarrakhand, Nainital,
India.
Registrar, Public Services Tribunal, Uttarakhand, Dehradun, India.
September2000 to April 2003
Variouspositions(worked as Civil Judge Junior Division/ Judicial Magistrate 1st
Class, Civil Judge Senior Division/ Chief Judicial Magistrate and Law Draftsman,
State law Commission, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, India)
July 1990 to September 2000
Member of West Bengal Judicial Services, Kolkata, India (worked as Civil Judge
Junior Division)
February 1989 to July 1990A
ACADEMICS- AN OVER WIEW
Applied for registration for the Post Doctoral Research, June 2014, onward
from Yale University, USA Harvard University USA, Kyoto University Japan etc.
Permission taken from Hon’ble High Court of Uttarakhand, for pursuing Post Doctoral
Research from any of the above Universities on "Human Rights Violations of
Transsexuals, Protection of their Rights and Rehabilitation in India and the Asian
Countries” I shall initiate Post Doctoral Research in 2015 after getting some scholarship.
Ph. D.(Law) 2014. Doctorate Thesis Published. Degree will be awarded in
February/March, 2015, in Official Convocation of the Panjab University, Chandigarh,
on topic- ‘EvolvingthePrinciplesforEnsuringtheSocial,EconomicandPolitical Justice
to Women;A Study, from Panjab University Chandigarh, UT,India. The key areas of
research workwere-
Rights ofTranssexualsGenders,mechanismunder whichtranssexualscanbe permitted to
change the sex?; Womento make responsibleandavailableformost hazardoustask to claim
equalityin statusand opportunity;Developinglegislativeprinciplesandmechanismformaking
marital rapes to be made punishable,legalizingsextradein Indiaandto stop the menace of
crimes againstwomen;Developingmechanismto regulate the rightof sexual orientationin
3. present scenario; Regulationoffashionparadesand advertisementsshowingwomenas sex
object etc. After permissionfromappropriateAuthority,I will make my research findingpublic
throughofficial publication(permissiongranted).
L.L.M (Masters of Laws) 2010, From Kuruksheshtra University,Kuruksheshtra,
Haryana, India.
L.L.B (Bachelor of Laws) 1984,From Chaudhri Charan Singh University, Meerut, UP, India.
B.A.(Bachelor of Arts) 1981,From Chaudhri Charan Singh University, Meerut, UP, India.
PUBLICATIONS
Written four books in the year 2010, 2012 and 2014 respectively as a judicial
officer, and three books are in pipeline, namely-
1. Reconciliation and Other Proceedings Before Family Courts in India: - The book
contains the tools and techniques for successful reconciliation in matrimonial grievances and
other family disputes. The tools and techniques have been implemented by Author (me) as
Principal Judge, Family Court with extraordinary results, saving more than one and half
century families.
2. Quest for Justice At Its Threshold: - Containing the mechanism to enhance timely and
inexpensive justice even in present constraints before the judiciary. This book is based on
the implementation of municipal law through ethical principles.
3. Feminist Jurisprudence in Patriarchal Society - Handed over to publisher. Proof
reading in progress. The book will be released within a month or so. The book consists of
eight essays on feminist jurisprudence. Thrust has been given to develop the mechanism to
ensure women empowerment on the ground realities and not just on research papers, Govt.
schemes etc.
4. Jeevan Sar (Rules for Human Life)- A book of Hindi Poetry. At least 52 poems shall be
published in the book in co-authorship with the father of Dr. Sharma. To be made open for
the public in the month of February, 2015.
Books in pipeline:-
1. Courts for Common Men in India
and
The Rule of Law
The book shall be published and released by the end of this year. The book contains only six
essays, in several parts, on the working of courts for common men in India. It starts with the
query if rule of law prevails in the courts for the common people in India? The author
suggests the remedial mechanism to be adopted by the courts.
2. The Last Hope: On the role of Indian young generation to make India strong in all the
spheres such as gender justice and equality and judicial, administrative, financial, economic
and police reforms. It is just planned. No time limit for the publication and released can be
4. fixed.
Following articles and research papers published in National and International
Journals till January2014(detail areavailableon the website-www.gksharmaja.com)
1. "Role of Forensic Science in the Matters of Crimes against Women"; at 12th
national conference of ICFMT on crime against women and children with recent
advancements in forensic field (2013) with presentation at Indian Congress of
Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (ICFMT).
2. "Implementation of Law Flavoured by Ethical Principles"; International Journal on
Humanities, Law and Applied Sciences (IJHAS) Vol. 2, No. 3, 2013, in Bangkok,
Thailand.
3. "Rights of Transsexual Genders, the New Emerging Field of Law : A Research Paper"
(2013); UJALA Judicial and Legal Review; Vol.1, Issue 1.
4. "Judicial Response in the Matters of Crime against Women” published in
Dehradun Law Review Journal, by Doon Law University, Dehradun.
5. "Emerging Trends in Criminal Jurisprudence in the Matters of Crimes Against
Women: Responsibilities of Trial Courts" (2013); UJALA Judicial and Legal
Review; Vol.1, Issue2.
6. BottlenecksinCivil JusticeAdministrationbefore the Courts and the Remedies
thereof; A Research Paper. Published in the Volume 2. issue 1, UJALA Judicial and
Legal Review, 2014.
7. ."महिलाओ ंके मानवाधिकारउंलंघनपरन्यायपाललकाकीभूलमका", मानवाधिकारनयीहिशाएँ, Journal published by
National Human Rights Commission. Published in Yearly Issue-11, ISSN : 0973-7588.
Articles under review
1. "Marital Rapes to be made Punishable in India" (In English daily).
2. “Legalizing Sex Trade in India for Protection of Human Right of Prostitutes.”
All the publications are available on the website- www.gksharmaja.com
Language Skills-
National Languages:Hindi (Expertise,motherlanguage);Bengali (Workingknowledge);Sanskrit
(Workingknowledge);Urdu(Workingknowledge);andPunjabi (Workingknowledge)
InternationalLanguages: English( Expertise inwriting,readingandspeaking);andFrench
(Workingknowledge).Expertisein fluent English speaking and writing.
PERSONAL
Father’sName: - Shri Om Prakash Sharma
Mother'sName: - Late Smt Rajo Devi Sharma
Date ofBirth: - 01-07-1962
Address: - Residence of Districtand Sessions
Judge, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand-
5. 263642, India.
Marital Status: - Married
Nationality - Indian
REFERENCES
1. Hon’ble Mr. JusticeI.P.Vasishth (Rtd.), Consultant, The International
Centre forAlternative Dispute Resolution,VasantKumg, New Delhi. [R]
+91-129-2269933, [M] +91 9837969933, ishwarvasishth@gmail.com
2. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Hon’ble Judge High Court of
Uttarakhand, Nainital India, [O] 05942-232511, [R] 05942-235548, [M]
+-91-9411107879,
3. Prof. [Dr.] Paramjit S. Jaswal, Vice-Chancellor, Rajeev Gandhi National
University of Law, Punjab, Patyala-147001, [O] 0175-2304188, 0175-
2221001, [M] +91-9779066999, vc@rgnul.ac.in,
paramjitsjaswal@gmail.com.
4. Prof. [Dr.] Gautam Sinha , Director, Indian Institute of Management
Kashipur, Uttrakhand-244713, [O] +91 5947 262820, [M] +91-
9717731922, gautam.sinha@iimkashipur.ac.in
Who Am I ?
I am a theist, believe in the existence of God with further belief that every activity on this universe is
controlled by the supreme power with full liberty to human being to florish in all the vocations of life on
the bases of the works and deeds. Accordingly, I am an industrious person believe in humanity and
discharges all my responsiblities as a human being rather than under the authority entrusted by the
Law and State.
I believe in good health, accordingly, devote at least one to one and a half an hour time for Yoga and
other exercises. I play badminton and like swimming and tennis too.
I like singing and learning dance from my son. I can play harmonium. Generally enjoying music with my
wife, son and daughter. I believe in a happy and peaceful family. Reading and writing are my passion.
Because of this hebit, my journies are always productive. I am a researcher and try to do every work
may it be the judicial, administrative and social based on the research activities.
(Dr. Gyanendra Kumar Sharma)