{"id":3661,"date":"2024-11-08T05:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T05:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/?page_id=3661"},"modified":"2025-11-22T04:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T04:57:54","slug":"secretarycentral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/secretarycentral\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh. Abhitesh Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6191 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Judge-sahab_page-0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Judge-sahab_page-0001.jpg 1260w, http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Judge-sahab_page-0001-768x1006.jpg 768w, http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Judge-sahab_page-0001-1173x1536.jpg 1173w, http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Judge-sahab_page-0001-500x655.jpg 500w, http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Judge-sahab_page-0001-790x1035.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Abhitesh Kumar<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Secretary, Central District Legal Services Authority (CDLSA)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Academic Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LL.B.<\/strong>(First Division), Campus Law Centre (CLC), Faculty of Law, University of Delhi<\/li>\n<li><strong>LL.M.<\/strong>(First Division), Faculty of Law, University of Delhi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional Career:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Practicing Advocate<\/strong>(October 13, 2013 \u2013 May 1, 2016)<br \/>\nWorked as an advocate in the Delhi High Court and District Courts, representing clients in both civil and criminal cases, with a focus on providing expert legal counsel and advocacy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assistant Public Prosecutor, CBI<\/strong>(May 2, 2016 \u2013 August 1, 2019)<br \/>\nAppointed to the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), handling high-profile corruption and criminal cases and ensuring rigorous legal proceedings in complex investigations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delhi Judicial Service (DJS)<\/strong>(Joined on August 2, 2019)<br \/>\nAppointed as a judicial officer, where he has exhibited outstanding legal acumen and fair adjudication across multiple judicial assignments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promoted to Senior Civil Judge (Senior Division)<\/strong>on September 24, 2024, in recognition of his dedication and contribution to the judiciary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transferred to Secretary Central District Legal Services Authority (CDLSA) <\/strong>from Secretary West DLSA on 18.10.2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current Role: <\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>As the\u00a0<strong>Secretary of the Central District Legal Services Authority (CDLSA)<\/strong>, he is committed to advancing the cause of legal aid and public access to justice, ensuring that individuals, especially from marginalized communities, receive their due legal entitlements and rights under the law.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abhitesh Kumar Secretary, Central District Legal Services Authority (CDLSA) Academic Qualifications: LL.B.(First Division), Campus Law Centre (CLC), Faculty of Law, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3661","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3661"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6362,"href":"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3661\/revisions\/6362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dslsa.org\/central\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}