Avinash Deobhakta
Avinash Deobhakta | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Avinash Ganesh Deobhakta 24 November 1936 Lahore, Punjab, British Raj |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Auckland, New Zealand |
Profession | Lawyer |
Known for | First New Zealand judge of Indian origin |
Avinash Ganesh Deobhakta (24 November 1936 – 2 September 2015) was a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He was the first person of Indian origin to be appointed a District Court judge in New Zealand.
Biography
Born on 24 November 1936 in Lahore (then in British India, now in Pakistan),[1] Deobhakta was educated in London, and then returned to Uganda.[2] A lawyer, he rose to become the principal state attorney in the Ugandan Department of Public Prosecutions, and was later a chief magistrate.[2] Following the expulsion of Asians from Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972, Deobhakta emigrated to New Zealand with his family,[3] and became a naturalised New Zealander in 1978.[1]
Settling in Auckland, Deobhakta practised as a barrister sole until his appointment as a District Court judge in 1982.[2] He was the first judge in New Zealand of Indian origin.[4] He was also chair of the Waikeria District Prisons Board, and in 2002 was appointed to the New Zealand Parole Board as a northern region panel convenor.[2]
Deobhakta died in Auckland on 2 September 2015.[5]
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