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| honorific-prefix =Justice<br />
| name=Akshay H. Mehta<br />
| office = [[Judge]], [[Gujarat High Court]]<br />
| term_start = 18 June 2001<br />
| term_end = 14 December 2007<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|12|15|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
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| alma_mater = [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]<br />
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'''Akshay H. Mehta''' (born 15 December 1945) is a former judge of the Gujarat High Court.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Mehta was born at Vadodara. His father Harshadray P. Mehta, an eminent lawyer of his time. He took his primary as well as secondary education in Rosary High School and a degree in law from [[Maharaja Sayajirao University]] of [[Baroda]].<ref name=GHC>{{cite web|title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice Akshay H. Mehta|url=http://gujarathighcourt.nic.in/formerjudge.asp?formerjudgeid=102&x=4&y=9|archive-url=https://archive.is/20140501145140/http://gujarathighcourt.nic.in/formerjudge.asp?formerjudgeid=102&x=4&y=9|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 May 2014|publisher=Gujarat High Court|accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
After getting enrolled at the bar, Mehta started practising law with his father in 1971 at Vadodara. In 1975, he shifted to [[Ahmedabad]] and started practice in Gujarat High Court on civil and criminal sides. He appeared in several inquiry commissions. In September, 1999 he was appointed as a senior [[Government of India]] Standing Counsel till his elevation as a judge.<ref name=GHC /><br />
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==As a Judge==<br />
On 18 June 2001, Mehta was elevated to the post of additional judge of the Gujarat High Court. On 14 December 2007, he retired from this post.<ref name=GHC /> After the death of Justice K. G. Shah, who was a member of the [[Nanavati-Shah commission]] appointed to probe the [[Godhra train burning]] and the subsequent riots in the state, on 5 April 2008, the Gujarat High Court appointed Mehta to the commission.<ref>{{cite news|title=Newly appointed justice Mehta of Nanavati Commission visits Godhra |url=http://www.indlaw.com/guest/DisplayNews.aspx?56B07EF3-D892-4C2A-9912-290F301FEC75 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |newspaper=IndLaw |agency=UNI |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203025216/http://www.indlaw.com/guest/DisplayNews.aspx?56B07EF3-D892-4C2A-9912-290F301FEC75 |archivedate=3 December 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=PreReport>{{cite web|title=Report of the Commission of Inquiry Consisting of Justice Nanavati and Justice Mehta|url=http://www.home.gujarat.gov.in/homedepartment/downloads/godharaincident.pdf|publisher=Godhra and Gujarat Riots - Commission of Inquiry|accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref><br />
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