Kantilal_Thakoredas_Desai

Kantilal Thakoredas Desai

Kantilal Thakoredas Desai

Indian judge


Kantilal Thakoredas Desai (1 May 1903 - 29 January 1977) was the second Chief Justice at the High Court of Gujarat whose term in office was from January 1961 till May 1963.[1][2]

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Career

Desai studied at Bombay. He enrolled as an Advocate at the High Court of Bombay in 1930. His specialization was in commercial law. He was brought to the Bench of the court in 1957. When the state of Bombay was bifurcated in 1960, Desai was appointed a Judge at the new Gujarat High Court.[1]

Legacy

The Bombay High Court holds an annual "Justice K. T. Desai Memorial Lecture" in his honour. Previous speakers in this series include Ruma Pal, Ashok Desai (2013), Ramesh Chandra Lahoti (2014), Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill (2015) and Rohinton Fali Nariman (2016).[3][4][5] Sujata Manohar, formerly a judge at the Supreme Court of India, is his daughter.[4]


References

  1. "High Court of Gujarat: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kantilal Thakoredas Desai". gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. "Chancellor". Sikkim University. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  3. Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC (6 October 2015). "The Justice KT Desai Memorial Lecture: Time for a Penal Code Fit for India" (PDF). www.odysseustrust.org. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. Parthasarathy, Suhrith (26 August 2017). "The Constitution, refreshed". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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