Akil Kureshi Explained

Birth Name:Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi
Office:Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
Termstart:12 October 2021
Termend:6 March 2022
Nominator:N. V. Ramana
Appointer:Ram Nath Kovind
Office1:Chief Justice of Tripura High Court
Termstart1:16 November 2019
Termend1:11 October 2021
Appointer1:Ram Nath Kovind
Nominator1:Ranjan Gogoi
Office2:Judge of Bombay High Court
Appointer2:Ram Nath Kovind
Nominator2:Ranjan Gogoi
Term Start2:14 November 2018
Term End2:15 November 2019
Office3:Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
Appointer3:Ram Nath Kovind
Termstart3:2 November 2018
Termend3:13 November 2018
Office4:Judge of Gujarat High Court
Appointer4:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Nominator4:V. N. Khare
Termstart4:7 March 2004
Termend4:1 November 2018
Honorific Prefix:Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
Birth Date:7 March 1960
Birth Place:Gujarat

Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (born 7 March 1960) is an Indian judge. He is former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as Judge of Bombay High Court and Gujarat High Court, of which he has also served as an Acting Chief Justice.

Career

Justice Kureshi passed B.Sc. (Mathematics) in 1980 and LL.B. in 1983. He joined the Bar and started his legal practice in the Gujarat High Court from July 1983. He was appointed the Additional Central Government Standing Counsel from March 1992 to March 1998 and the Additional Counsel for the Income-tax Department in January 2000 where he represented Income Tax Department in the Gujarat High Court up to December 2001. He was appointed an additional judge of the Gujarat High Court on 7 March 2004 and became a permanent judge on 12 August 2005.[1]

Kureshi was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat on 2 November 2018. He was transferred to the Bombay High Court on 14 November 2018.[2] He took oath as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court on 16 November 2019.[3]

On 9 October 2021, he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court and took oath on 12 October 2021.[4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AKIL KURESHI. High Court of Tripura. 11 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Shri. AKIL KURESHI. High Court of Bombay. live. 6 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210506130201/https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/jshowpuisne.php?bhcpar=amdldGlkPTQxNCZwYWdlbm89MjE= . 6 May 2021 .
  3. Web site: Breaking: Centre notifies appointment of Justice Akil Kureshi as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court. 2021-05-06. Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. en.
  4. Web site: Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Akil Kureshi As The Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High Court. Upadhyay . Sparsh. 9 October 2021. LiveLaw . 11 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Transfer Order of Shri Justice A A Kureshi, CJ, Tripura HC as CJ Rajasthan HC. 9 October 2021. Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice. 11 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Justice Akil Kureshi takes oath as the new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court . 12 October 2021 . The Hindu . 23 October 2021.