Kantilal Thakoredas Desai

Kantilal Thakoredas Desai (1 May 1903 - 29 January 1977) was the second Chief Justice at the High Court of Gujarat whose term in office was from January 1961 till May 1963.[1][2]

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kantilal Thakoredas Desai
2nd Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat
In office 26 January 1961 – 22 May 1963
Appointed by	Rajendra Prasad
Preceded by	Sunderlal Trikamlal Desai
Succeeded by	Jaishanker Manilal Shelat
Judge, High Court of Bombay
In office 1957 – 30 April 1960
Appointed by	Rajendra Prasad
Personal details
Born	1 May 1903
Died	29 January 1977 (aged 72)
Children	Justice Sujata Manohar

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. "High Court of Gujarat: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kantilal Thakoredas Desai". gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
2. Kantawala, Ramanlal Maneklal (1 February 1977). "Reference to Late Shri K. T. Desai by The Hon'ble The Chief Justice" (PDF). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "Chancellor". Sikkim University. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
4. Lord Lester of Herne Hill, QC (6 October 2015). "The Justice KT Desai Memorial Lecture: Time for a Penal Code Fit for India" (PDF). www.odysseustrust.org. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
5. Parthasarathy, Suhrith (26 August 2017). "The Constitution, refreshed". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 December 2017.