Appellate Tribunal For Electricity

Madhulika Choudhary (born on 18th July, 1978) is a Judicial Officer of Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Services (UPHJS) cadre, 2014 Batch. She completed her schooling from Mussoorie Modern School at Mussoorie. She attended DAV PG College, Dehradun and is an alumni of H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, from where she completed her B.Sc. in the year 1999, M.Sc. (Chemistry) in the year 2001 and LLB in the year 2004. After completing her law, she enrolled with Bar Council of Uttarakhand, Nainital and started actively practicing law at District Courts, Dehradun. During her practice, she handled all types of cases, i.e, Criminal, Civil, Service Matters, etc., however, she specialized in Criminal cases, where she excelled and made her name. While practicing law she also completed her Masters in Law (LLM) from H.N.B. Garhwal University in the year 2010. In the year 2014, she competed in UP Higher Judicial Services Examination and cleared the same in the very first attempt. She joined UPHJS on 3rd July, 2015. As a Judicial Officer of UPHJS, she served at the District Judgeships of Budaun, Kanpur Nagar and Rampur in the capacity of Additional District & Sessions Judge. Besides the regular ADJ Courts, she has also presided over various Special Courts dealing with Electricity Act, U.P. Gangster and Anti-social Activities (Prevention) Act, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS). In addition to the regular Judicial work, she was also an Officer Incharge Litigation, Chairperson Internal Committee on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of women at Workplace and Drawing & Disbursing Officer. She has attended various refresher courses and Programmes in Training & Management at Judicial Training and Research Institute, Lucknow, IIPA New Delhi & LNJN National Institute of Forensic Sciences, Delhi. She joined as Registrar, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, w.e.f., 27th April, 2021 on deputation. Madhulika is a very keen and avid reader and a very active sports enthusiast.