Ajay_Manikrao_Khanwilkar

A. M. Khanwilkar

A. M. Khanwilkar

Indian judge

Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar (born 30 July 1957) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He has also served as the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and Himachal Pradesh High Court and as a judge of the Bombay High Court.

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On 27 February 2024, President Droupadi Murmu appointed Khanwilkar as Lokpal chairperson.[2]

Career

Khanwilkar was enrolled as an advocate on 10 February 1982. He joined the chamber of Advocate Prafulachandra M Pradhan at Mulund. He practiced on civil, criminal and constitutional sides before the subordinate courts, tribunals and High Court of Judicature at Bombay on the appellate side and original side. He also practiced exclusively in the Supreme Court of India from July 1984.

He was appointed an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on 29 March 2000 and confirmed as permanent judge on 8 April 2002.

He was appointed chief justice of the High court of Himachal Pradesh on 4 April 2013.[3][4] Thereafter he was appointed chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 24 November 2013 and elevated to Supreme Court on 13 May 2016.

He retired from the Supreme Court on 29 July 2022 after being on the court for 6 years, 2 months and 17 days.[5] After his retirement, a detailed analysis of his judgments was published on 29 July 2022 by The Wire.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Chief Justice & Judges". Supreme Court of India. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  2. [2]
    The Hindu (27 February 2024). "Former Supreme Court judge A.M. Khanwilkar appointed Lokpal chairperson". Archived from the original on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar, Chief Justice of H.P. High Court". HimSatta. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. [4]
    "HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI AJAY MANIKRAO KHANWILKAR, B.Com., LL.B." High Court of Madhya Pradesh. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Supreme Court Judge Justice AM Khanwilkar Retires". NDTV.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. [6]
    "The Executive('s) Court: On the Legacy of Justice A.M. Khanwilkar". The Wire. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

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