Anil Ramesh Dave (born 19 November 1951) is a former 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 most senior constitutional court, has the final decision in all legal matters ...

and the current Executive-Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court, he was chief justice of the

Andhra Pradesh High Court The High Court of Andhra Pradesh is the High Court of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The seat of the High Court is currently located at Nelapadu. History The High Court of Andhra Pradesh was established in the year 1954 when the sta ...

and

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 ...

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Career

Dave enrolled as an advocate on 25 July 1976 and started practicing in various matters. He served as a solicitor to the Government of Gujarat, additional government pleader to

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 prese ...

and part-time Lecturer in Sir L.A. Shah Law College. He was appointed additional judge to the Gujarat High Court on 18 September 1995 and confirmed as permanent judge on 18 June 1997. Thereafter he was transferred to the Andhra Pradesh High Court as the chief justice 7 January 2008. While holding the post of chief justice of

High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad 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 State of Hyderabad Deccan and later renamed ...

, he served as the patron and chairman of the Advisory Council of International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR), Regional Centre, Hyderabad and Chancellor of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. On 11 February 2010 he was transferred to the

and from there he was elevated as judge of the

on 30 April 2010. He retired as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 19 November 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dave, Anil 1951 births Living people 20th-century Indian judges 21st-century Indian judges Place of birth missing (living people) Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court Judges of the Gujarat High Court Justices of the Supreme Court of India