An ex-Appellate Court Judge, Dr. Tripathi, who had until recently served in the Judiciary for more than three decades, formally joined AF from November 1, 2011.

He started his career as a Lecturer of English in Trichandra College in 1971. After that, he worked as a Law/Inspection Officer at the Central Bank of Nepal for about four years. Subsequently, he joined the Judicial Service in 1980 as a Public Prosecutor. In 1982 he was chosen for the Bench and worked as a District Court Judge until 2005. In 2006 he was promoted to the Appellate Court and worked as an Appellate Court Judge until his retirement in July, 2011.

Dr. Tripathi holds Masters Degrees in English and Political Science in addition to a Bachelors of Law degree. He also obtained a PhD in Fundamental Rights in 2000 from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. Honored with many awards and decorations, he was also granted the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship (1993-1994) as well as the Fulbright Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (2005-2006) to study PIL at the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Tripathi has attended various national and international Seminars and Workshops, and has presented several papers on Human Rights, Child Rights, Prisoners' Rights, Gender Justice, Forensic Science, Refugee Law, Criminal Justice etc. An author of three books, he has also published various research articles. He is a member of several organizations like Nepal Law Society and SAARC Law Nepal Chapter. Dr. Tripathi can be reached at htripathi@advocacyforum.org.np