University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS), Chandigarh

Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born 15 September 1947) is an Indian politician and leader of the Indian National Congress who has been Chief Minister of Haryana since March 2005. He began a second term in October 2009 after leading the Congress Party to an election victory. This was the first time since 1972 that a party had returned to power in Haryana 2 times consecutively. He is also a Member of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana.

Kumar enrolled as an Advocate with the Delhi Bar Council on 12 July 1971. He practiced in various High Courts and the Supreme Court, and served as an Additional District & Sessions Judge in the Himachal Pradesh High Court from February, 1983 till his resignation in October 1983, and thereafter resumed practice at New Delhi. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on 10 November 1994, transferred to P&H on 30 November 1994, and was appointed as a permanent Judge on 30 November 1995. He transferred to Delhi on 4 October 2004 and was appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 31 March 2007. The appointment of Kumar as a judge of the Supreme Court by President Pratibha Patil was announced by the Law and Justice Ministry in December 2009. He has been appointed as the Chariperson of National Green Tribual on 20 December 2012