• LL.B., Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (1982)
• B.A. (Hons.), Hindu College, University of Delhi (1979) 

• Advocate on Record (AOR) (1989)
• Advocate, Delhi Bar Council (1982)  

• Member of Arbitration Chambers (September 2025 – present) 
• Judge of the Supreme Court of India (September 2019 – October 2023)
• Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court (May 2019 – September 2019)
• Permanent Judge of the Delhi High Court (February 2006 – May 2019)  
• Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court (July 2004 – February 2006)
• Government Counsel for Union of India in Central Government Agency ‘B’ Panel (2000 – 2004)
• Government Counsel for the State of Uttar Pradesh in Supreme Court (1998 – 2000)
• Special Counsel on behalf of the State of Punjab, Ravi and Beas Water Disputes Tribunal (1986 – 1998) 

Justice Bhat has been appointed as an arbitrator in complex domestic and international commercial disputes administered by international arbitral institutions, including the ICC, SIAC, the Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), as well as in ad hoc matters.  

• Singapore International Arbitration Centre
• New Delhi International Arbitration Centre
• Indian Council of Arbitration 

• Distinguished Professor, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law University, Sonepat
• Chair of Comparative Constitutional Law Studies, M. K. Nambyar SAARC Law Centre

• Founder and former Chair of the Delhi International Arbitration Centre

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