Rekha Dikshit

Rekha Dikshit (born 10 August 1959) is a judge in the Allahabad High Court, in Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] She has been the trial judge in several notable cases, including the case of Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum, a controversial case concerning the payment of maintenance to Muslim women in India, as well as the Taj Corridor case and the Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam.[2][3][4]

Hon'ble Ms. Justice

Rekha Dikshit
Judge of Allahabad High Court
Assumed office
15 November 2016
Nominated byDipak Misra
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Personal details
Born (1959-08-10) 10 August 1959
Alma materAgra University

Life

Dikshit studied law at Agra University, and graduated in 1981.[1] She is married to Pradeep Dubey, a lawyer who has acted as an advisor to the Governor of Uttar Pradesh and as principal secretary to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[2]

Career

Dikshit was appointed as a Principal Sessions Judge in 1984, and was promoted to District and Sessions Judge in 2013.[1]

In 1988, Dikshit was a judicial magistrate in Lucknow and tried the case of Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum, ruling that the respondent, Shah Bano, was entitled to maintenance payments from her husband.[2] The ruling was affirmed by the Allahabad High Court and Supreme Court, and later resulted in the enactment of the The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986.[5]

Dikshit also served as the district judge in Rae Bareli and Kanpur, and as a special judge in Lucknow in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Court for the investigation into the Taj Corridor case and the Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam.[4][2][3][6]

She was appointed to the Allahabad High Court as an additional judge in 2016, and became a permanent judge on 23 March 2018.[1][7][8]

As a High Court judge, Dikshit has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to conduct an inquiry into allegations of discrimination in the admission of students who belong to states outside Uttar Pradesh, in Uttar Pradesh medical schools.[9] In 2016, she refused a plea to allow a plea by a Bharatiya Janata Party worker to transfer the investigation into the 2015 Dadri mob lynching to the Central Bureau of Investigation, after the Uttar Pradesh police investigation revealed that the rumours that triggered the lynching were false.[10][11]

References
  1. "Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Rekha Dikshit". Allahabad High Court.
  2. Nov 17, Subhash Mishra / TNN / Updated; 2016; Ist, 08:35. "Indian Navy: High court new judge set benchmark with Shah Bano verdict | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-11-05.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "NRHM: 3rd chargesheet filed,PSU boss,2 firm owners named". The Indian Express. 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  4. "Taj Corridor case hearing deferred till May 23". DNA India. 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  5. "What is Shah Bano case?". The Indian Express. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  6. "Seven judicial officers get new postings in Uttar Pradesh". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  7. "Supreme Court collegium recommends names of 37 additional high court judges for appointment - India News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  8. "Allahabad High Court gets 11 more judges". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2016-11-13. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-11-05.CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. "Allahabad High Court asks UP to 'look into discrimination against medical students from outside' - India News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  10. Staff Reporter (2016-11-17). "Allahabad HC dismisses petition for CBI probe into Dadri lynching". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  11. "Dadri Lynching: Allahabad HC dismisses plea for CBI probe". The Indian Express. 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
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