Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.) Akil Kureshi | |
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Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court | |
In office 12 October 2021 –6 March 2022 | |
Nominated by | N. V. Ramana |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Chief Justice of Tripura High Court | |
In office 16 November 2019 –11 October 2021 | |
Nominated by | Ranjan Gogoi |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Judge of Bombay High Court | |
In office 14 November 2018 –15 November 2019 | |
Nominated by | Ranjan Gogoi |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court | |
In office 2 November 2018 –13 November 2018 | |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Judge of Gujarat High Court | |
In office 7 March 2004 –1 November 2018 | |
Nominated by | V. N. Khare |
Appointed by | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
Personal details | |
Born | Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi 7 March 1960 Gujarat |
Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (born 7 March 1960) is an Indian judge. He is former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as Judge of Bombay High Court and Gujarat High Court,of which he has also served as an Acting Chief Justice.
Justice Kureshi passed B.Sc. (Mathematics) in 1980 and LL.B. in 1983. He joined the Bar and started his legal practice in the Gujarat High Court from July 1983. He was appointed the Additional Central Government Standing Counsel from March 1992 to March 1998 and the Additional Counsel for the Income-tax Department in January 2000 where he represented Income Tax Department in the Gujarat High Court up to December 2001. He was appointed an additional judge of the Gujarat High Court on 7 March 2004 and became a permanent judge on 12 August 2005. [1]
Kureshi was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat on 2 November 2018. He was transferred to the Bombay High Court on 14 November 2018. [2] He took oath as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court on 16 November 2019. [3]
On 9 October 2021,he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court and took oath on 12 October 2021. [4] [5] [6]
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