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| honorific-prefix = Hon'ble Mr. Justice
| name = C. K. Thakker
| image =
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| office1 = Former Chief Justice of [[Himachal Pradesh High Court]]<ref name=HCB>{{cite web | url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTMyJnBhZ2Vubz00 | title=Chief Justice Mr. Chunilal Karsandas Thakker | publisher=High Court of Bombay | accessdate=25 August 2015 }}</ref><ref name=SCI />
| termstart1 = 5 May 2000
| termend1 = 30 December 2001
| office2 = Former Chief Justice of [[Bombay High Court]]<ref name=HCB />
| termstart2 = 31 December 2001
| termend2 = 2004
| office3 = Former Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]
| termstart3 = 7 June 2004
| termend3 = 10 November 2008
| birth_name = Chunilal Karsandas Thakker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|11|10}}
| birth_place = Mander (near [[Porbandar]], [[Gujarat]])
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat University]]
}}

'''Chunilal Karsandas Thakker''' (also '''Thakkar''') (born 10 November 1943, [[Mander, Gujarat|Mander]] near [[Porbandar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<ref name=SCI>{{cite web | url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/123_ckthakker.htm | title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice C.K. Thakker Former Judge | publisher=Supreme Court of India | accessdate=25 August 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901042311/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/123_ckthakker.htm | archivedate=1 September 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>) is a retired judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Court for body on bank frauds|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/10/stories/2006111005051300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130001512/http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/10/stories/2006111005051300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2008|accessdate=5 January 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 November 2006}}</ref>

== Education and career ==
After taking primary education at Mander and [[Madhavpur]], Thakker graduated from a college in [[Junagadh]] and obtained an [[LLB]] (law) degree from a law college in [[Jamnagar]]. He also obtained an [[LLM]] degree from [[Gujarat University]], and began practicing from 1968 in the [[High Court of Gujarat]].

Thakker was appointed as part-time Lecturer in Law in Sir [[L.A. Shah Law College]], [[Ahmedabad]], in 1970 and continued as such until he was elevated to Judge of the High Court of Gujarat on 21 June 1990. He was further promoted to Chief Justice of High Court of [[Himachal Pradesh]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hphighcourt.nic.in/fcj.htm|title=Former Chief Justices|website=Hphighcourt.nic.in|accessdate=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501160231/http://www.hphighcourt.nic.in/fcj.htm|archive-date=1 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Shimla]] on 5 May 2000 and transferred as the Chief Justice of High Court of Judicature at [[Mumbai]] on 31 December 2001.<ref name=HCB /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/New-chief-justice-to-be-sworn-in-on-Monday/articleshow/2064179878.cms|title=New chief justice to be sworn in on Monday |newspaper=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=16 May 2018}}</ref>

He was also Acting Governor of the State of [[Maharashtra]] from July to October 2002.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Fazal-takes-oath-as-Maharashtra-governor-on-Oct-10/articleshow/23505858.cms|title=Fazal takes oath as Maharashtra governor on Oct 10 |newspaper=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=16 May 2018}}</ref> Thakker was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 7 June 2004.<ref name=SCI />

He was also Acting Governor of the State of [[Maharashtra]] from July to October 2002.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2002/07/14/stories/2002071403471000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031154453/https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2002/07/14/stories/2002071403471000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 October 2018|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Thakkar sworn in acting Governor of Maharashtra|date=2002-07-14|accessdate=16 May 2018}}</ref>

== Publications ==
Thakkar has written several law books such as ''Lectures on Administrative Law'' (Students' Edition) and ''Code of Civil Procedure''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Code of Civil Procedure|publisher=Eastern Book Company|isbn=9789351450733|edition=1st Edition Updated till February, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Justice C.K. Thakker|title=Commentaries on Code of Civil Procedure, 1908|publisher=Eastern Book Company|location=Lucknow|isbn=9789351450535|edition=2014}}</ref> His book on the [[Civil Procedure Code]], 1908 published under the pen name of C.K. Takwani has remained a standard textbook for law students in India for the past 25 years. He revised ''Law of Writs'' by V.G. Ramachandran.<ref>{{cite book|title=Law of Writs|publisher=Eastern Book Company|isbn=9789350286876|edition=6th Edition, 2006 - With Supplement, 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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* [http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/ckthakkar.htm Profile] on website of Supreme Court of India

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