Akil Kureshi

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

Hon'ble Chief Justice
Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi
Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
Assumed office
12 October 2021
Nominated byN. V. Ramana
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Chief Justice of Tripura High Court
In office
16 November 2019 – 11 October 2021
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Judge of Bombay High Court
In office
14 November 2018 – 15 November 2019
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
In office
2 November 2018 – 13 November 2018
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Judge of Gujarat High Court
In office
7 March 2004 – 1 November 2018
Nominated byV. N. Khare
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born
Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi

(1960-03-07) 7 March 1960
Gujarat

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 as the Additional Central Government Standing Counsel from March 1992 to March 1998 and as 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 as 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 as Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat on 2nd November 2018. He was transferred to the Bombay High Court on 14th November 2018.[2] He took oath as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court on 16th November 2019.[3]

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

References
  1. "HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AKIL KURESHI". High Court of Tripura. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. "Shri. AKIL KURESHI". High Court of Bombay. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. "Breaking: Centre notifies appointment of Justice Akil Kureshi as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. Upadhyay, Sparsh (9 October 2021). "Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Akil Kureshi As The Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High Court". LiveLaw. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. "Transfer Order of Shri Justice A A Kureshi, CJ, Tripura HC as CJ Rajasthan HC" (PDF). Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. "Justice Akil Kureshi takes oath as the new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court". The Hindu. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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