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{{Infobox judge<br />
| name = Abhay Shreeniwas Oka<br />
| image = Justice AS Oka.jpg<br />
| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
| term_start = 31 August 2021<br />
| term_end = 24 May 2025<br />
| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| nominator = [[N. V. Ramana]]<br />
| office1 = 30th Chief Justice of the [[Karnataka High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 10 May 2019<br />
| term_end1 = 30 August 2021<br />
| appointer1 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| nominator1 = [[Ranjan Gogoi]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Dinesh Maheshwari]]<br />[[Lingappa Narayana Swamy]] (acting)<br />
| successor1 = [[Ritu Raj Awasthi]]<br />[[Satish Chandra Sharma]] (acting)<br />
| office2 = Judge of the [[Bombay High Court]]<br />
| term_end2 = 9 May 2019<br />
| term_start2 = 29 August 2003<br />
| nominator2 = [[V. N. Khare]]<br />
| appointer2 = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|5|25|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[India]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Government Law College, Mumbai]]<br>[[Mumbai University]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Abhay Shreeniwas Oka''' (born 25 May 1960) is a retired [[Indian people|Indian]] [[judge]] of the [[Supreme Court of India]], and former chief justice of two [[high courts of India]]: [[Karnataka High Court]] and [[Bombay High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-24 |title=A judge should not hesitate to offend anyone: Justice Oka’s farewell message |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/judge-should-not-hesitate-to-offend-anyone-justice-a-s-oka-bids-farewell-supreme-court-10024143/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Oka was born on 25 May 1960 and enrolled as an advocate on 28 June 1983. He practiced for 19 years at the [[Bombay High Court]], appellate side, in civil, constitutional, and service matters, specializing in all of them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rajagopal |first=Krishnadas |date=2025-05-23 |title=Supreme Court needs to change from being a Chief Justice-centric court: Justice Oka says on his last working day |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/hope-sc-champions-constitutional-liberties-justice-oka-says-on-his-last-working-day/article69609627.ece |access-date=2025-05-26 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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He was appointed an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on 29 August 2003 and a permanent judge on 12 November 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-23 |title=Day after mother’s death, Justice A S Oka to deliver 11 verdicts on last day in office today |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/day-after-mothers-death-justice-a-s-oka-to-deliver-11-verdicts-on-last-day-in-office-today-10023084/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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He was appointed chief justice of the [[Karnataka High Court]] on 30 April 2019 and sworn in on 10 May 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=30 April 2019 |title=Orders of appointment of Shri Justice A S Oka, Judge of Bombay HC as CJ Karanataka HC (30.04.2019) |url=http://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/Orders%20of%20appointment%20of%20Shri%20Justice%20A%20S%20Oka%2C%20Judge%20of%20Bombay%20HC%20as%20CJ%20Karanataka%20HC.pdf |access-date=30 April 2019 |website=}}</ref><br />
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Oka was elevated as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] on 26 August 2021 and took oath on 31 August 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-23 |title='SC heavily CJI-centric': Justice AS Oka says top court's 'image must change' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-heavily-cji-centric-justice-as-oka-says-top-courts-image-must-change/articleshow/121367850.cms |access-date=2025-05-26 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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