Justice Madan B Lokur, former judge of the Supreme Court of India, has vast experience of more than four decades in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Revenue and Administrative laws.
Justice Lokur has been Additional Solicitor General of India, Additional Judge and then Permanent Judge of Delhi High Court. He has also functioned as the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. His experience includes being Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court and High Court of Andhra Pradesh. He was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court in 2012 and retired in December 2018.
He was a member of the Mediation & Conciliation Project Committee of the Supreme Court of India since its inception in 2005 and later its Chairperson. In 2014 he was appointed as one Man Committee to suggest improvements in the working of the Homes and organisations under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007 and continued till his retirement. Presently, he is on the panel of non-resident judges in the Supreme Court of Fiji.
He continues to have an interest in alternate dispute resolution mechanisms, child rights, legal aid, judicial reforms and judicial education.