Chunilal Karsandas Thakker is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.
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 High Court of Karnataka is the High Court of the Indian state of Karnataka and thus its highest judicial authority. The court's principal bench is located in Bengaluru,the capital city of Karnataka,with additional benches in Hubballi-Dharwada and Kalaburagi. It was previously called the High Court of Mysore. In Bengaluru,the High Court functions out of a red-painted brick building known as the Attara Kacheri,located opposite the Vidhana Soudha,the seat of the Karnataka Legislature.
Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan is an Indian judge who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India and later the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He was the first judge from Kerala to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. His tenure lasting more than three years has been one of the longest in the Supreme Court of India. While being Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court,he was appointed as the acting governor of Gujarat from 16 January 1999 to 18 March 1999. In 2010,he was conferred with an honorary doctorate by Cochin University of Science and Technology.
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi was an Indian judge who was the 26th Chief Justice of India. After serving as a judge in the Gujarat High Court,Ahmadi was appointed judge to the Supreme Court in 1988. He was then elevated to the post of Chief Justice,and served from 1994 to 1997. He served as chancellor at the Aligarh Muslim University for two terms.
Girish Thakurlal Nanavati was an Indian judge who was a justice of the Supreme Court of India. After his retirement,he headed two commissions inquiring into the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots and the Godhra riots.
Vishweshwar Nath Khare is an Indian former Judge who served as the 33rd Chief Justice of India,from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. He also served as the Chancellor of the Central University of Jharkhand from 2017 to 2023. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 21 March 1997 before he was elevated to the post of Chief Justice.
The Lokayukta is the Indian Parliamentary Ombudsman,executed into power,through and for,each of the State Governments of India. It is brought into effect in a state after passing the Lokayukta Act in the respective state legislature,and a person of reputable background is nominated for the post. The post was created to quickly address the working of the government or its administration. Once appointed,Lokayukta cannot be dismissed or transferred by the government,and can only be removed by passing an impeachment motion by the state assembly.
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati was the 17th Chief Justice of India,serving from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. He introduced the concepts of public interest litigation and absolute liability in India,and for this reason is held,along with Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer,to be a pioneer of judicial activism in the country. He is the longest-served supreme court judge in India.
Tirath Singh Thakur is an Indian jurist who served as the 43rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) from 3 December 2015 to 4 January 2017. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court,he served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from August 2008 to November 2009 .He has also served as a senior judge in Karnataka High Court from March 1994 to July 2004 and Jammu and Kashmir High Court from February to March 1994.
Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and former Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court and Karnataka High Court.
S. Abdul Nazeer is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India,who is serving as the 24th Governor of Andhra Pradesh. He is also former judge of the Karnataka High Court. He was appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh on 12 February 2023.
Mukeshkumar Rasikbhai Shah is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India,former chief justice of the Patna High Court and a former judge of Gujarat High Court.
Justice Vineet Kothari is an Indian Judge who is now a designated Senior Advocate practising at Supreme Court of India. He is former Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court. He is Former Judge of Madras High Court,Karnataka High Court and Rajasthan High Court.
Aravind Kumar is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former chief justice of the Gujarat High Court and former judge of the Karnataka High Court.
Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala is a judge of the Supreme Court of India since May 2022. He is a former judge of the Gujarat High Court.
Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale is a Judge of Supreme Court of India. He has previously served as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. He is a former judge of the Bombay High Court.
Pratinidhi Srinivasacharya Dinesh Kumar is an Indian Judge. He is the former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.
