Alma mater Gujarat University Books Criminal procedure Education Gujarat University | Role Judge Name C. Thakker | |
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Full Name Chunilal Karsandas Thakker Born 10 November 1943 (age 80)
Mander (near Porbandar, Gujarat) ( 1943-11-10 ) | ||
Chunilal Karsandas Thakker (born 10 November 1943) is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. Justice Thakker was born at Mander near Porbandar in the State of Gujarat.
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Education and career
Thakker was appointed as part-time Lecturer in Law in Sir L.A. Shah Law College, Ahmedabad, in 1970 and continued as such until he was elevated to Judge of the High Court of Gujarat on 21 June 1990. He was further promoted to Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla on 5 May 2000 and transferred as the Chief Justice of High Court of Judicature at Mumbai on 31 December 2001.
He was also Acting Governor of the State of Maharashtra from July to October 2002. Thakker was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 7 June 2004.
He was also Acting Governor of the State of Maharashtra from July to October 2002.
Publications
Thakkar has written several law books such as Lectures on Administrative Law (Students' Edition) and Code of Civil Procedure. He revised Law of Writs by V.G. Ramachandran.