Sonia Gokani
Sonia G. Gokani (born on 26 February 1961) is an Indian Judge. Presently, she is a Judge of Gujarat High Court.
Hon'ble Ms. Justice Sonia G. Gokani | |
|---|---|
| Judge of Gujarat High Court | |
| Assumed office 17 February 2011 | |
| Nominated by | S. H. Kapadia |
| Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 February 1961 Jamnagar |
Life
Justice Sonia Gokani was born on 26 February 1961 in Jamnagar. Gujarat, India. She studied B. Sc. in Microbiology and later completed LLB and LLM.[1]
She served as a part-time lecturer at K.P Shah Law College, Jamnagar.[1] She served as a member of District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum for five years.[1]
She joined as a judge of the City Civil and Sessions Court of Ahmedabad on 10 July 1995. She served as the judge of the Special Court under the Anti-Terrorism law of Gujarat from 2003 to 2008. She also worked as the judge of Special Court of the Central Bureau of Investigation.[1]
In 2008, she was appointed as the Registrar for the recruitment department of the Gujarat High Court.[1] She later served as the Registrar of information technology and infrastructure department for one and half years.[1] She also taught at Gujarat State Judicial Academy.[1] She was appointed as the Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court on 17 February 2011 and was made Permanent Judge on 28 January 2013.[1]
References
- "High Court of Gujarat". gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 30 September 2018.