Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
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Hon'ble Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela |
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Chief Justice of Bombay High Court | |
Assumed office 15 Feb 2016 |
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Chief Justice of Odisha High Court | |
In office 13 April 2015 – 14 Feb 2016 |
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Preceded by | Amitava Roy |
Succeeded by | Pradip Kumar Mohanty (acting) |
Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court | |
In office March 2013 – 12 April 2015 |
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Preceded by | K Shridhar Rao |
Succeeded by | Subhro Kamal Mukherjee (A) |
Personal details | |
Born | Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela 11 August 1954 Rajkot, Gujarat, India |
Citizenship | Indian |
Nationality | India |
Alma mater | Saurashtra University |
Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela (born 11 August 1954)[1] is 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 LLB as well as in Special LLB in 1974 and 1975, respectively. He took his masters degree in law in 1976-77.[4]
He 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 September 17, 1999.
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