Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Justice
Birth Name:Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
Office:Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
Term Start:15 February 2016
Term End:10 August 2016
Office2:28th Chief Justice of Odisha High Court
Term Start2:13 April 2015
Term End2:14 February 2016
Predecessor2:Amitava Roy
Successor2:Vineet Saran
Office3:Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court
Term Start3:March 2013
Term End3:12 April 2015
Predecessor3:K Shridhar Rao
Successor3:Subhro Kamal Mukherjee (A)
Birth Date:1954 8, df=y
Birth Place:Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Citizenship:Indian
Alma Mater:Saurashtra University

Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela (born 11 August 1954)[1] was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court[2] and former Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court[3] and Karnataka High Court.

Education and Legal practice

Justice Waghela stood first from Saurashtra University in General LL.B. as well as in Special LL.B. in 1974 and 1975, respectively. He took his master's degree in law in 1976–77.[4] Waghela started his own practice in 1978. He practised in the Labour and Industrial courts. In 1999, he was called to the bench and assumed his office as Additional Judge of the High Court of Gujarat on 17 September 1999.

Notes and References

  1. News: Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty. Daily News & Analysis.
  2. News: Justice Waghela takes oath as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. The Economic Times. 15 February 2016 . 19 February 2016.
  3. Web site: Orissa High Court, Cuttack. 19 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150707191453/http://www.orissahighcourt.nic.in/cjudgesret.asp. 7 July 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: Justice Dhirendra Waghela sworn-in as new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. Firstpost. 15 February 2016 . 19 February 2016.