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'''Manharlal Bhikhalal Shah''' (born 25 September 1938) is a retired judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Shah was born in 1938 at [[Dahegam|Dehgam]] in [[Ahmedabad district|Ahmedabad District]] of [[Gujarat]]. He passed SSC Examination in 1953 and joined L.D. Arts College of [[Ahmedabad]]. Shah graduated in [[Economics]] in 1958 and in 1962 he completed M.Com. in Statistics. In 1962, he passed [[LL.B]]. from Sir [[L.A. Shah Law College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI5JnBhZ2Vubz0z|title=Chief Justice Mr. Manaharlal Bhikalal Shah|publisher=High Court of Bombay|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Shah started practice in 1963 in the [[Gujarat High Court]] on Constitutional, Civil and Criminal matters. He also served as a lecturer in Motilal Nehru Law College since September 1971. He was appointed Assistant Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor in [[Gujarat High Court]]. On 28 January 1983, Shah was appointed Additional Judge of the same High Court. On 2 August 1995, he became the Chief Justice of the [[Bombay High Court]]. Justice Shah was elevated as judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] on 9 December 1998 and retired on 24 September 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.107.37/judges/bio/99_mbshah.htm|title=Former Judges|access-date=14 January 2019}}</ref> He was appointed the Chairman of the Special Investigation Team looking into the black money issue in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nriachievers.in/the-black-money-conundrum/|title=THE BLACK MONEY CONUNDRUM|access-date=14 January 2019}}</ref> In 2016, Justice Shah published a book named ''Commentary on Law of Mines & Minerals.''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8tKcnQAACAAJ|title=Commentary on Law of Mines & Minerals|isbn=9789380751375|access-date=14 January 2019|last1=Shah|first1=Manharlal Bhikhalal|last2=Singh|first2=Uday Vir|year=2016}}</ref><br />
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