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Amratlal Paramananddas Ravani, a former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, was born in 1934. He enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Gujarat in 1962.[1][2]

Ravani was appointed an Additional Judge of Gujarat High Court in 1982 and became a Permanent Judge the same year. He was transferred to Rajasthan High Court in 1995 and was appointed the Chief Justice of that court the same year. He resigned in 1996.[1][3]

Ravani was a vocal critic of BJP's communalism in the wake of the 2002 Gujarat riots.[4][5][6] He submitted a written testimony to the National Human Rights Commission after the riots.[7][8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 High Court of Gujarat. gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  2. Transactions of Third Indo-Soviet Law Seminar{{#if:Mr̥dula|, Mr̥dula}. Jainsons Publications(1987)
  3. Data India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Press Institute of India(1996)
  4. Gujarat, the Making of a Tragedy{{#if:Varadarajan|, Varadarajan}. Penguin Books India(2002). ISBN 978-0-14-302901-4
  5. The Gujarat Carnage{{#if:Engineer|, Engineer}. Orient Blackswan(2003). ISBN 978-81-250-2496-5
  6. Former Chief Justice at the Rajasthan High Court, A P Ravani and.... Getty Images(2011-04-18). Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  7. Human Rights Watch{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Human Rights Watch
  8. The End of Imagination{{#if:Roy|, Roy}. Haymarket Books(2016-08-29). ISBN 978-1-60846-654-2

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