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Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court is the High Court of the state of Gujarat. It was established on 1 May 1960 under the ''Bombay Re-organisation Act, 1960'' after the state of Gujarat split from Bombay State. The seat of the court is Ahmedabad. The present strength of the Gujarat High court is 27 against sanctioned strength of 52. Establishment This High Court was established on 1 May 1960 as a result of bifurcation of the former State of Bombay into two States of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The High Court started functioning near Akashwani, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad. The High Court had later shifted to the new building at Sarkhej - Gandhinagar Highway, Sola, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, from 16 January 1999. Jurisdiction The Gujarat High Court has jurisdiction over the entire state of Gujarat. It has jurisdiction on all district, administrative and other courts in Gujarat. This high court is a Court of record and empowered to punish anyone for contempt of court. Powers Unlike Union Judiciary, the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth-most populous state, with a population of 60.4 million. It is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Gujarat's capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujaratis are indigenous to the state and their language, Gujarati, is the state's official language. The state encompasses 23 sites of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation (more than any other state). The most important sites are Lothal (the world's first dry dock), Dholavira (the fifth largest site), and Gola Dhoro (where 5 uncommon seals were found). Lothal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Interest Litigations
Public interest law refers to legal practices undertaken to help poor, marginalized, or under-represented people, or to effect change in social policies in the public interest, on 'not for profit' terms ( ''pro bono publico''), often in the fields of civil rights, civil liberties, religious liberty, human rights, women's rights, consumer rights, environmental protection, and so on. In a celebrated 1905 speech, Louis Brandeis decried the legal profession, complaining that "able lawyers have to a large extent allowed themselves to become adjuncts of great corporations and have neglected their obligation to use their powers for the protection of the people." In the tradition thus exemplified, a common ethic for public-interest lawyers in a growing number of countries remains "fighting for the little guy".Scott L. Cummings & Ingrid V. Eagly, After Public Interest Law, NWU L. Rev. 1251, 1251-1259, 2075-2077(2006) By jurisdiction Central and Eastern Europe At the end of the commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal (B. N. Kirpal) (born 8 November 1937) was the 31st Chief Justice of India, serving from 6 May 2002 until his retirement on 7 November 2002. He is an alumnus of The Modern School, New Delhi and St Stephens College, Delhi University. A top cricketer, he represented both his school and college. He began his legal career as an advocate in 1962 and was appointed a Judge of Delhi High Court in November 1979. In December 1993, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court. In September 1995, he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India and became Chief Justice of India in May 2002. After retirement as the Chief Justice of India, he was appointed the 1st Chairman of the National Forest Commission on 21 February 2003. Personal life He was born in Lahore but shifted to Delhi after partition. He is married to Aruna Kirpal (née Sachdev) and has three children. His son, Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Senior Advocate of the Hon'ble Delhi High Court, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundaram Nainar Sundaram
Sundaram Nainar Sundaram (3 August 1932 – September 2001) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Gujarat and Telangana High Court. Career Nainar Sundaram was born in 1932 in Tirunelveli. His father Herbert Sundaram was a District and Sessions Judge. He studied from Anderson High School of Kanchipuram and P.S. Higher Secondary School. He graduated from Loyola College, Chennai and obtained his law degree from Madras Law College. In 1955, Nainar Sundaram started practice in civil and criminal side in the Madras High Court. On 4 January 1978 he was appointed an additional Judge of Madras High Court. Nainar Sundaram was elevated to the post of the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court on 15 June 1992. Thereafter he became the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court The Telangana High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Telangana. Founded by the 7th Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan, initially, it was set up as High Court of Hyderabad for the then Princely Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganendra Narayan Ray
Ganendra Narayan Ray (born 1 May 1933) is a Bengali Indian jurist, who served as the chief justice of the Gujarat High Court. Early life and education He was educated at the Presidency College, the Scottish Church College and the Department of Law, University of Calcutta at the University of Calcutta.''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 592 Career Between 1990 and 1991, he had served as the chief justice of the Gujarat High Court. Between 1991 till his retirement in 1998, he served as a judge in the Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme judicial authority of India and is the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court, has the final decision in all legal matters .... He currently resides at Saltlake, Kolkata. References 1933 births 20th-century Indian judges Chief Justices of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padmanabhan Subramanian Poti
Padmanabhan Subramanian Poti (2 February 1923 – February 1998) was a former Chief Justice of the Kerala and Gujarat High Courts in India. After retiring he assisted the Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and Human Rights (IPT). Career Poti was born on 2 February 1923 at Trivandrum in Kerala. He studied at the University College Trivandrum, graduating with a degree in Science. He then attended the Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram where he earned a B.L. degree. In September 1945 he became an Advocate in what was then the High Court of Travancore. Poti started his career as a junior to U.P. Kakkillya, Advocate General of the State and later Chief Justice. Between 1957 and 1960 he worked part-time for the government of Kerala as a Law Officer in Taxes. From 1966 to 1970 he served on the Kerala Law Academy as a member of the executive committee. From 1967 to 1969 he was a member of the Kerala University faculty of law, and as Advocate General of Kerala was chairma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar
Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar or M. P. Thakkar (born 4 November 1923, date of death unknown) was an Indian judge who was a Justice of the Supreme Court of India, and Chairman of Twelfth Law Commission of India. Early life Thakkar was born in Burma, British India in 1923. He studied in National High School, Basavanagudi and B.E.T. High School at Rangoon. He passed LL.B from Sir L.A. Shah Law College of Ahmedabad. After the enrollment he started practice in the Indian High Courts in 1948. Career Thakkar practised on Civil, Criminal, Income-Tax, Industrial Disputes and Company matters before the then Saurashtra High Court at Rajkot and Bombay High Court. He worked in the Gujarat High Court since 1960 to 1963. He was appointed the Judge in City Civil and Sessions Court on 23 January 1963. Thakkar also served as Special Judge and Additional Judge in the Gujarat High Court. He became the Permanent Judge of the same High Court on 27 November 1973. Thakkar was elevated to the post of Chief J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan
Justice Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan (1919–2012) was an Indian statesman. He was the Chief Justice of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh High Courts, and Acting Governor of Andhra Pradesh. He was born on 20 August 1919. He was educated at Proprietary High School, Ahmedabad, Wilson College and Government Law College, Bombay and University School of Economics and Sociology, Bombay. He was enrolled as an Advocate of Bombay High Court on the Appellate Side in September, 1941 and on the Original Side in September, 1943 and practiced there from 1943 to 1954. He was appointed judge, Bombay City Civil Court, and additional sessions judge, Greater Bombay, on 4 November 1954 and principal judge, Bombay City Civil Court, and sessions judge, Greater Bombay, on 1 May 1961. The first 'centurion' blood donor from Ahmedabad, Diwan was born on 20 August 1919, educated at Proprietary High School in Ahmedabad and did his Master of Arts and LLB from a Mumbai-based college, Pallavi told ''DNA''. Diwan wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai Miabhoy
Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai Miabhoy (born 6 September 1907) was an Indian judge and Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court. Career Miabhoy passed Law from Sir L. A. Shah Law College and started practice in Ahmedabad in 1929. He also worked as the Honorary Professor in Sir L.A. Shah Law College. He was appointed an Assistant Judge in 1941 and became District Judge of Baroda, Surat and Broach district. In 1957, Miabhoy became an additional judge of the Bombay High Court The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), and is one of the ol .... In 1960 he was appointed a Judge of Gujarat High Court. Justice Miabhoy was elevated as the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court on 21 April 1966 and retired on 5 September 1967 from the post. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Miabhoy, Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai 1907 births Year o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaishanker Manilal Shelat
Justice Jaishanker Manilal Shelat (16 July 1908 – 1 November 1985) was a Judge of the Supreme Court of India from February 1966 to April 1973. Before that, he served as the third Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat serving from May 1963 till his elevation to the Supreme Court. Education Shelat initially studied at Jubilee Institution in Umreth. He got his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English literature from Elphinstone College, Bombay. Later, he went to King's College and the Institute of Historical Research of the University of London where his submitted his thesis on "''Criticism and defence of the constitution of the Senate of the United States of America during the campaign for ratification 1787-1789.''" Career He joined the Bar at Inner Temple in 1933 and shifted to India soon after. Shelat became a Judge at the Bombay City Civil Court and an Additional Sessions Judge for Greater Bombay in September 1948. He was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kantilal Thakoredas Desai
Kantilal Thakoredas Desai (1 May 1903 - 29 January 1977) was the second Chief Justice at the High Court of Gujarat whose term in office was from January 1961 till May 1963. Career Desai studied at Bombay. He enrolled as an Advocate at the High Court of Bombay in 1930. His specialization was in commercial law. He was brought to the Bench of the court in 1957. When the state of Bombay was bifurcated in 1960, Desai was appointed a Judge at the new Gujarat High Court. Legacy The Bombay High Court holds an annual "Justice K. T. Desai Memorial Lecture" in his honour. Previous speakers in this series include Ruma Pal, Ashok Desai (2013), Ramesh Chandra Lahoti (2014), Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill (2015) and Rohinton Fali Nariman (2016). Sujata Manohar, formerly a judge at the Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme judicial authority of India and is the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niral Mehta
Niral Rashmikant Mehta (born on 28 October 1976) is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is a Judge of Gujarat High Court. Life Justice Niral R. Mehta was born on 28 October 1976 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. He studied Bachelor of Commerce from H L College for Commerce, Ahmedabad, and L.L.B Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ... from Sir L.A. Shah College, Ahmedabad. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Niral 1976 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
