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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Former Chief Justice of High Court of Kerala }}<br />
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| name = Ashish Jitendra Desai<br />
| image = [[File:Photograph of justice Ashish Jithendra Desai.jpg|150px]]<br />
| office = [[Chief Justice]] of [[Kerala High Court]]<br />
| term_start = 22 July 2023<br />
| term_end = 4 July 2024<br />
| nominator = [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]]<br />
| appointer = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| office1 = [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of [[Gujarat High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 26 February 2023<br />
| term_end1 = 21 July 2023<br />
| appointer1 = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| office2 = [[Judge]] of [[Gujarat High Court]]<br />
| appointer2 = [[Pratibha Patil]]<br />
| nominator2 = [[S. H. Kapadia]]<br />
| term_start2 = 21 November 2011<br />
| term_end2 = 25 February 2023<br />
| birth_place = [[Vadodara]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|07|5|df=y}}<br />
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice<br />
}}<br />
'''Ashish Jitendra Desai '''(born 5 July 1962) is an Indian former judge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Sheenu |date=2023-02-24 |title=Breaking News, February 24 {{!}} HIGHLIGHTS |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/breaking-news-live-updates-russia-ukraine-war-congress-session-aap-bjp-councillors-clash-shelly-oberoi-pm-modi-meghalaya-visit-turkey-syria-earthquake-849832 |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Indiatvnews |language=en}}</ref> He was the [[Chief Justice]] of [[Kerala High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Praisy |date=2024-07-04 |title="Will visit God's own country as tourist, not jurist": Kerala High Court Chief Justice AJ Desai retires |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/kerala-high-court-chief-justice-aj-desai-retires |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Bar and Bench |language=en}}</ref> He was [[Acting (law)|Acting]] [[Chief Justice]] of [[Gujarat High Court]] previously.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bench |first=Bar & |title=Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai appointed Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/justice-ashish-jitendra-desai-appointed-acting-chief-justice-gujarat-high-court |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Bar and Bench|date=24 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-20 |title=Justice Ashish J Desai appointed Chief Justice of Kerala High Court |url=https://www.news9live.com/state/kerala/justice-ashish-j-desai-appointed-chief-justice-of-kerala-high-court-2219590 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=News9live |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Justice Desai obtained an undergraduate degree in economics from [[St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad]], and law degree from Sir L. A. Shah Law College, Ahmedabad. Initially, he worked at the law office of [[M. C. Bhatt]] and D. M. Bhatt. He practiced law first at City Civil and Sessions Court in Ahmedabad, then at Gujarat High Court. He became Additional Judge of High Court of Gujarat in 2011, and was confirmed as permanent judge in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ashish Desai is acting Chief Justice of Guj HC |url=https://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/ashish-desai-is-acting-chief-justice-of-guj-hc/81851962.html |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Ahmedabad Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Upadhyay |first=Sparsh |date=2023-02-24 |title=Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai Appointed As The Acting Chief Justice Of Gujarat High Court |url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/justice-ashish-jitendra-desai-appointed-acting-chief-justice-gujarat-high-court-222406 |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Live Law |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-25 |title=Justice A J Desai appointed as acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court |url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2023/02/25/justice-a-j-desai-appointed-as-acting-chief-justice-of-gujarat-high-court/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=DeshGujarat |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=VoI |first=Team |date=2023-02-24 |title=Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai To Be Gujarat HC Acting Chief Justice |url=https://www.vibesofindia.com/justice-ashish-jitendra-desai-to-be-gujarat-hc-acting-chief-justice/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Vibes Of India |language=en-AU}}</ref><br />
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