Sugnya Bhatt Explained

Sugnya Kamalashanker Bhatt (25 March 1941 – 10 February 2022) was an Indian judge of the Gujarat High Court.[1]

Biography

Born in the British Raj, she was the first woman to be elevated to the post of Additional Judge in the Gujarat High Court on 17 October 1994.[2] She was transferred to the Kerala High Court and required to join on 4 November 1994 which she did not. So she ceased to be a judge on 2 January 1995. She headed a commission for the inquiry in the 2013 Gujarat surveillance case which ended in October 2014 before its completion of work following a petition.[3] [4] [5]

She also headed the Backward Classes Commission of Gujarat.[6]

Bhatt died from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome at a private hospital in Ahmedabad, where she was being treated for COVID-19, on 10 February 2022, at the age of 80.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: High Court of Gujarat. 2018-09-17. gujarathighcourt.nic.in. en.
  2. News: Gujarat HC has had only 6 women judges in 50 years. 2012-03-09. dna. 2018-09-04. en-US.
  3. News: Snoopgate: Gujarat HC sets aside notification appointing Justice Sugnya Bhatt Commission to conduct probe. 2014-10-10. The Economic Times. 2018-09-04.
  4. News: Gujarat government spent Rs 50 lakh on 'snoopgate' probe commission. 2015-08-19. The Economic Times. 2018-09-04.
  5. News: Snoopgate investigation cancelled by Gujarat high court. 2014-10-10. Live Mint. 2018-09-04. PTI.
  6. News: Patidar body seeks permanent backward class panel. The Times of India. 2018-09-04.
  7. News: 2022-02-10. Gujarat OBC commission chairperson Sugnya Bhatt dies of Covid. 2022-02-10. The Indian Express. en.