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,and is one of the oldest high courts in India. The High Court has circuit benches at Nagpur and Aurangabad in Maharashtra and Porvorim,
The Government Law College,Mumbai,,India,founded in 1855,is the oldest law school in Asia. The college,affiliated to the University of Mumbai,is run by the Government of Maharashtra.
Sir Harilal Jekisundas "H. J." Kania was the first Chief Justice of India. He served as the Chief Justice of India from 1950 to 1951. He died while serving in office in 1951.
Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri was the second Chief Justice of India,serving in the post from 7 November 1951 to 3 January 1954.
Ajit Prakash Shah is the former chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India. He was the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court from May 2008 till his retirement in February 2010.
Madhukar Hiralal "M. H." Kania was an Indian judge who became the 23rd Chief Justice of India,serving from 13 December 1991 until his retirement on 17 November 1992. He was born in Bombay. His uncle was Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania,the first Chief Justice of India.
Hemant Laxman Gokhale is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was a chief justice of Madras High Court before being appointed to the Supreme Court of India as a Judge in 2009. He also served as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.
Yashwant Shripad Tambe became Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court on 5 February 1966 and served until 31 July 1966.
Dipankar Datta is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the former chief justice of the Bombay High Court and a judge of the Calcutta High Court.
The Indian High Courts Act 1861 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to authorize the Crown to create High Courts in the Indian colony. Queen Victoria created the High Courts in Calcutta,Madras,and Bombay by Letters Patent in 1862. These High Courts would become the precursors to the High Courts in the modern day India,Pakistan,and Bangladesh. The Act was passed after the First War of Independence of 1857 and consolidated the parallel legal systems of the Crown and the East India Company.
Ramalingam Sudhakar is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of Manipur High Court. He is also former Acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court and Judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court and Madras High Court. He was born on 14 February 1959 and hails from Panapakkam Village,Vellore District in Tamil Nadu. He was overlooked and V. Ramasubramanian was chosen over him as a Supreme Court Judge. The Central Government has approved the appointment of former Chief Justice of Manipur High Court,Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar as the president of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for a period of five years in October 28,2021. Justice Sudhakar has been appointed for a period of five years from the date of appointment or till he attains the age of 67 or until further orders,whichever is earlier.
Sir Basil Scott was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
Sir Amberson Barrington Marten (1870–1962) was a Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
Sir Charles Frederick Farran was an Irish judge who was Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
Kshitij R. Vyas is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
Bhushan Pradyumna Dharmadhikari is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court and Judge of Bombay High Court also.
S. C. Dharmadhikari was an Indian Judge. He is the former Judge of Bombay High Court.
The High Court of Judicature at Madras is a High Court located in Chennai,India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is one of the oldest high courts of India along with Calcutta High Court in Kolkata and Bombay High Court in Mumbai. The Madras High Court is one of four charter high courts of colonial India established in the four Presidency Towns of Madras,Bombay,Allahabad and Calcutta by letters patent granted by Queen Victoria,dated 26 June 1862. It exercises original jurisdiction over the city of Chennai,as well as extraordinary original jurisdiction,civil and criminal,under the letters patent and special original jurisdiction for the issue of writs under the Constitution of India. Covering 107 acres,the court complex is one of the largest in the world,second only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The four-storey administrative building attracts hundreds of litigants every day.
B. N. Deshmukh was an Indian Judge and former acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
