Justice Anish Dayal

Anish Dayal was born in 1973 at Allahabad (now Prayagraj) and did his initial schooling there at St. Joseph College. He completed schooling from Delhi Public School, Noida, where he was selected as the Head Boy. Thereafter, he graduated in B.Sc.(Hons.) Physics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University and then read for his law degree with M.A. (Hons.) at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, U.K., as a commonwealth scholar. 
He enrolled as an Advocate with the Delhi Bar Council in September, 1995 and had his independent legal practice primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi for over 25 years - predominantly in civil, constitutional and commercial law with special focus in areas of media, entertainment and sports law. He was a visiting faculty resource at many law schools in India and authored the Section on Damages (Vol. 9 Halsbury’s Laws of India) and of other books on sports and media. 
He wrote periodically for newspapers and journals and for some time contributed a regular column on law for Live Mint and TheWall Street Journal. He conceived, curated and was part of the Editorial Board of Quarterly Bar Review, a journal of the Delhi High Court Bar Association.He also devoted his time to policy related issues inter aliaon road safety, heritage conservation, environment and sustainability and represented a number of national level athletes on a pro bono basis. 
He was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court in March, 2021 and elevated to the Bench on 2nd June, 2022.