Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar or M. P. Thakkar (born 4 November 1923, date of death unknown) was a judge of the Supreme Court of India, and Chairman of Twelfth Law Commission of India.
Early life
Thakkar was born in Burma, British India in 1923. He studied in National High School, Basavanagudi and B.E.T. High School at Rangoon. He passed LL.B from Sir L.A. Shah Law College of Ahmedabad.[1] After his enrollment as an advocate he started practice in the Indian High Courts in 1948.Template:Citation needed
Career
Thakkar practised on Civil, Criminal, Income-Tax, Industrial Disputes and Company matters before the then Saurashtra High Court at Rajkot and Bombay High Court.Template:Citation needed He worked in the Gujarat High Court since 1960 to 1963.Template:Citation needed He was appointed the Judge in City Civil and Sessions Court on 23 January 1963. Thakkar also served as Special Judge and Additional Judge in the Gujarat High Court.Template:Citation needed He became the Permanent Judge of the same High Court on 27 November 1973. Thakkar was elevated to the post of Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court on 20 August 1981.[2][3] He was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of India in March 1983.[4] He was the head of the investigating Thakkar Commission for the Assassination of Indira Gandhi.[5][6]
Later life
After his retirement, Justice Thakkar was appointed Chairman of Twelfth Law Commission of India in 1988.[7][8] Thakkar is deceased.[9][10]
References
- ↑ Alumni. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ Judges of the Supreme Court of India: 1950–1989{{#if:George H. Gadbois Jr.|, George H. Gadbois Jr.}(2 May 2011). ISBN 9780199088386
- ↑ Chief Justice of Gujarat. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ Former Judges. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ India Releases Stinging Report on Gandhi's Death. The New York Times(28 March 1989). Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ↑ Reduced to Ashes: The Insurgency and Human Rights in Punjab{{#if:Volume 1|, Volume 1}(2003). ISBN 9789993353577
- ↑ POST-INDEPENDENCE DEVELOPMENTS. lawcommissionofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ Fresh strain on an already weakened Law Commission. indiatoday.in. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ Crippling Lok Adalats
- ↑ Technology, Ethics, and Access to Justice: Should an Algorithm be Deciding Your Case? (2014)