Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela | |
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Chief Justice of Bombay High Court | |
In office 15 February 2016 –10 August 2016 | |
28th Chief Justice of Odisha High Court | |
In office 13 April 2015 –14 February 2016 | |
Preceded by | Amitava Roy |
Succeeded by | Vineet Saran |
Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court | |
In office March 2013 –12 April 2015 | |
Preceded by | K Shridhar Rao |
Succeeded by | Subhro Kamal Mukherjee (A) |
Personal details | |
Born | Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela 11 August 1954 Rajkot,Gujarat,India |
Citizenship | Indian |
Nationality | India |
Alma mater | Saurashtra University |
Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela (born 11 August 1954) [1] was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court [2] and former Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court [3] and Karnataka High Court.
Justice Waghela stood first from Saurashtra University in General LL.B. as well as in Special LL.B. in 1974 and 1975,respectively. He took his master's degree in law in 1976–77. [4] Waghela started his own practice in 1978. He practised in the Labour and Industrial courts. In 1999,he was called to the bench and assumed his office as Additional Judge of the High Court of Gujarat on 17 September 1999.
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