Dinesh Maheshwari | |
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Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
In office 18 January 2019 –14 May 2023 | |
Nominated by | Ranjan Gogoi |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court | |
In office 13 February 2018 –17 January 2019 | |
Nominated by | Dipak Misra |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court | |
In office 24 February 2016 –12 February 2018 | |
Nominated by | T. S. Thakur |
Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
Judge of Allahabad High Court | |
In office 2 March 2015 –23 February 2016 | |
Nominated by | H. L. Dattu |
Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
Judge of Rajasthan High Court | |
In office 2 September 2004 –1 March 2015 | |
Nominated by | V. N. Khare |
Appointed by | A.P.J.Abdul Kalam |
Personal details | |
Born | Udaipur,Rajasthan,India | 15 May 1958
Spouse | Smt. Suman Maheshwari |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Sh. Ramesh Chandra Maheshwari and Smt. Rukmani Maheshwari |
Alma mater | Rajasthan University |
Dinesh Maheshwari (born 15 May 1958) is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court &High Court of Meghalaya. He took the oath as a Judge of Rajasthan High Court on 2 September 2004. [1] He was transferred to the Allahabad High Court and remained senior Judge at the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court from 2 March 2015. He took oath as Chief Justice of the High Court of Meghalaya on 24 February 2016. On transfer to Karnataka,Justice Maheshwari took oath as 30th Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka on 12 February 2018. [2] He took oath as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 18 January 2019.
Maheshwari was born on 15 May 1958. His father Sh. Ramesh Chandra Maheshwari was an eminent lawyer at Rajasthan High Court,Jodhpur. He completed his graduation in B.Sc. (Hons.) in physics from Maharaja's College,University of Rajasthan,Jaipur. He graduated in law from Jodhpur University in 1980 and enrolled as an advocate on March 8,1981.
Maheshwari started his practice in the year 1981 at district civil courts of Jodhpur and High Court of Rajasthan at Jodhpur. He practiced mainly on civil and constitutional sides while specialising mainly in civil,revenue,arbitration and company matters. He was lawyer for the Revenue and Excise Departments of Government of Rajasthan in Rajasthan High Court,Jodhpur;Urban Improvement Trust,Jodhpur,Municipal Corporation,Jodhpur;Urban Improvement Trust,Udaipur and Rajasthan Tribal Areas Development Co-Operative Federation,Udaipur and various other Co-operative Banks,Oil Companies,Autonomous Bodies,Boards and Corporations.
After a practice and experience of about 23 years as a lawyer he was elevated and appointed a judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 2 September 2004.
Maheshwari wrote a majority opinion in Janhit Abhiyan v Union of India,holding that the 103rd Amendment to the Constitution did not violate the basic structure,and upholding reservations for Economically Weaker Sections. [3]
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