Monday, November 30, 2009

Eminent Legal Personality | Justice Sujata V Manohar

  • Full Name Mrs. Justice Sujata Vasant Manohar
  • Date of birth 28th August, 1934
  • Her father Late K.T. Desai was the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
  • Educated at Bombay (India), Oxford(UK) and London(UK)
  • Enrolled as an advocate on 14th February, 1958 at Bombay
  • Appointed as Assistant Government Pleader during 1970- 1971
  • Appointed as Additional Judge of Bombay High Court on 23rd January, 1978
  • Appointed as Permanent Judge of Bombay High Court on 28November, 1978
  • Appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 15th January, 1994
  • She became the first woman Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court
  • Transferred as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court on 21April, 1994
  • Elevated as the Supreme Court Judge on 8th November, 1994
  • She retired on 27th August, 1999