A P Ravani Explained

Amratlal Paramananddas Ravani, a former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, was born in 1934. He enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Gujarat in 1962.^{[1] [2]}

Ravani was appointed an Additional Judge of Gujarat High Court in 1982 and became a Permanent Judge the same year. He was transferred to Rajasthan High Court in 1995 and was appointed the Chief Justice of that court the same year. He resigned in 1996.^[3]

Ravani was a vocal critic of BJP's communalism in the wake of 2002 Gujarat riots.^{[4] [5] [6]} He submitted a written testimony to the National Human Rights Commission after the riots.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: High Court of Gujarat . 2024-05-04 . gujarathighcourt.nic.in.
2. Book: Mr̥dula, Marudhara . Transactions of Third Indo-Soviet Law Seminar . 1987 . Jainsons Publications . en.
3. Book: Data India . 1996 . Press Institute of India . en.
4. Book: Varadarajan, Siddharth . Gujarat, the Making of a Tragedy . 2002 . Penguin Books India . 978-0-14-302901-4 . en.
5. Book: Engineer, Asghar Ali . The Gujarat Carnage . 2003 . Orient Blackswan . 978-81-250-2496-5 . en.
6. Web site: 2011-04-18 . Former Chief Justice at the Rajasthan High Court, A P Ravani and... . 2024-05-04 . Getty Images . en-us.
7. Book: Human Rights Watch . Human Rights Watch . en.
8. Book: Roy, Arundhati . The End of Imagination . 2016-08-29 . Haymarket Books . 978-1-60846-654-2 . en.