| Office | 2nd Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court |
|---|---|
| Office | Judge of Gujarat High Court |
| Office | Judge of Bombay High Court
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| Term start | 26 January 1961 |
| Term end | 22 May 1963 |
| Predecessor | Sunderlal Trikamlal Desai |
| Successor | Jaishanker Manilal Shelat
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| Born | 1903-05-01
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| Died | Template:Death date and age
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| Children | Sujata Manohar
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Kantilal Thakoredas Desai (1 May 1903 - 29 January 1977) was an Indian judge and the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat, from January 1961 till May 1963.[1][2]
Career
Desai studied at Bombay. He enrolled as an Advocate at the High Court of Bombay in 1930. His specialization was in commercial law. He was brought to the Bench of the court in 1957. When the state of Bombay was bifurcated in 1960, Desai was appointed a Judge at the new Gujarat High Court.[1]
Legacy
The Bombay High Court holds an annual "Justice K. T. Desai Memorial Lecture" in his honour. Previous speakers in this series include Ruma Pal, Ashok Desai (2013), Ramesh Chandra Lahoti (2014), Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill (2015) and Rohinton Fali Nariman (2016).[3][4][5]
Sujata Manohar, formerly a judge at the Supreme Court of India, is his daughter.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 High Court of Gujarat: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kantilal Thakoredas Desai. gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ↑ Reference to Late Shri K. T. Desai by The Hon'ble The Chief Justice({Template:Date).
- ↑ Chancellor. Sikkim University. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Justice KT Desai Memorial Lecture: Time for a Penal Code Fit for India. www.odysseustrust.org(2015-10-06). Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ↑ The Constitution, refreshed, Parthasarathy, Suhrith. The Hindu(2017-08-26). Retrieved 2017-12-05.