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'''Justice Abhay Mahadeo Thipsay''' (born 10 March 1955, in [[Bombay]]) was a [[Judge]] at the Bombay High Court and the [[Allahabad High Court]].<ref name=BHC>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/jshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTM5 Profile] at the Bombay High Court Website</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-26/pune/31100886_1_human-rights-legal-education-pune-bar-association |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222735/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-26/pune/31100886_1_human-rights-legal-education-pune-bar-association |url-status= dead |archive-date= 4 October 2013 |date=26 February 2012 |title='Sensitivity must to defend human rights' |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=1 October 2013}}</ref> He is the brother of the chess player [[Praveen Thipsay]].<ref name=CJP>{{cite web |url=http://www.cjponline.org/best/ht28feb06.htm |title=MEETING CHALLENGE - Best was a tough case, concedes judge |first=Gigil |last=Varghese |publisher=The Hindustan Times |date=28 February 2006 |access-date=15 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204437/http://www.cjponline.org/best/ht28feb06.htm |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Among the cases he judged in his career were the [[Best Bakery case]] and the [[Death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh|Sohrabuddin encounter case]]. His media statements around these cases were controversial, too.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/congress-rafale-supreme-court-justice-ak-sikri-dipak-misra-5540218/|title=Congress and the judicial chokehold|date=2019-01-16|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In 2018, Justice Abhay Thipsay, after his retirement, joined the Congress party.<ref name=":0" /><ref>https://www.news18.com/news/india/ex-judge-joins-congress-supreme-court-removes-him-from-panel-to-settle-maharashtra-disputes-1812217.html</ref>

==Controversies==
;Testification for Nirav Modi
In May 2020, Thipsay was consulted by the lawyers of Nirav Modi, who was contesting his extradition to India at a hearing in Westminster Magistrates Court in London, via video link from India.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/indian-govt-submits-more-proof-against-nirav-modi-in-money-laundering-case/1833376|title =Indian govt submits more proof against Nirav Modi in money laundering case|publisher =[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date =13 May 2020|website =outlookindia.com|author =Aditi Khanna|access-date =15 May 2020}}</ref> Thipsay testified that the charges brought in by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] against Nirav Modi — which include criminal conspiracy, cheating and dishonestly inducting delivery of property — would not stand up under Indian law.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.aninews.in/news/world/europe/nirav-modi-a-visionary-who-wanted-to-create-something-unique-world-renowned-luxury-good-executive-tells-london-court20200513232555/|title =Nirav Modi a visionary who wanted to create something unique: World-renowned luxury good executive tells London court|publisher =[[Asian News International]]|date =13 May 2020|website =aninews.in|author =Poonam Joshi}} <br /> —{{cite news |url =https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/indian-judge-tells-uk-court-cbi-charges-against-nirav-modi-would-not-stand-up-before-indian-law/articleshow/75726498.cms|title =CBI's Nirav Modi case won't hold in India, ex-judge tells UK|publisher =[[Times of India]] |location =London|date =May 14, 2020|website =timesofindia.indiatimes.com|author =Naomi Canton|access-date =15 May 2020}}</ref>

The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] accused Thipsay of saving [[Nirav Modi]] on behest of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<ref>{{cite news |url =https://indianexpress.com/article/india/congress-nirav-modi-abhay-thipsay-ravi-shankar-prasad-6409440/|title =Former HC judge working at Congress' behest to save Nirav Modi: Ravi Shankar Prasad|publisher =[[The Indian Express]]|date =May 14, 2020|website =indianexpress.com|access-date =May 15, 2020}}</ref>

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