Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela

Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela (born 11 August 1954)[1] was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court[2] and former Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court[3] and Karnataka High Court.

Hon'ble Justice

Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
In office
15 February 2016 – 10 August 2016
Chief Justice of Odisha High Court
In office
13 April 2015 – 14 February 2016
Preceded byAmitava Roy
Succeeded byPradip Kumar Mohanty (acting)
Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court
In office
March 2013 – 12 April 2015
Preceded byK Shridhar Rao
Succeeded bySubhro Kamal Mukherjee (A)
Personal details
Born
Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela

(1954-08-11) 11 August 1954
Rajkot, Gujarat, India
CitizenshipIndian
Nationality India
Alma materSaurashtra University

Justice Waghela stood first from Saurashtra University in General LL.B. as well as in Special LL.B. in 1974 and 1975, respectively. He took his master's degree in law in 1976–77.[4] Waghela started his own practice in 1978. He practised in the Labour and Industrial courts. In 1999, he was called to the bench and assumed his office as Additional Judge of the High Court of Gujarat on 17 September 1999.

References
  1. "Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty – I am IN – DNA of India". Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. "Justice Waghela takes oath as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  3. "Orissa High Court, Cuttack". Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  4. "Justice Dhirendra Waghela sworn-in as new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court". Firstpost. Retrieved 19 February 2016.


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