Akil Kureshi

Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.) Akil Kureshi
Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
In office 12 October 2021 – 6 March 2022
Nominated by	N. V. Ramana
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Chief Justice of Tripura High Court
In office 16 November 2019 – 11 October 2021
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Judge of Bombay High Court
In office 14 November 2018 – 15 November 2019
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
In office 2 November 2018 – 13 November 2018
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Judge of Gujarat High Court
In office 7 March 2004 – 1 November 2018
Nominated by	V. N. Khare
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born	Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (1960-03-07) 7 March 1960 (age 64) Gujarat

Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (born 7 March 1960) is an Indian judge. He is former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as Judge of Bombay High Court and Gujarat High Court, of which he has also served as an Acting Chief Justice.

Career

Justice Kureshi passed B.Sc. (Mathematics) in 1980 and LL.B. in 1983. He joined the Bar and started his legal practice in the Gujarat High Court from July 1983. He was appointed the Additional Central Government Standing Counsel from March 1992 to March 1998 and the Additional Counsel for the Income-tax Department in January 2000 where he represented Income Tax Department in the Gujarat High Court up to December 2001. He was appointed an additional judge of the Gujarat High Court on 7 March 2004 and became a permanent judge on 12 August 2005.^[1]

Kureshi was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat on 2 November 2018. He was transferred to the Bombay High Court on 14 November 2018.^[2] He took oath as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court on 16 November 2019.^[3]

On 9 October 2021, he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court and took oath on 12 October 2021.^[4][5][6]

References

1. "HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AKIL KURESHI". High Court of Tripura. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
2. "Shri. AKIL KURESHI". High Court of Bombay. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
3. "Breaking: Centre notifies appointment of Justice Akil Kureshi as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
4. Upadhyay, Sparsh (9 October 2021). "Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Akil Kureshi As The Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High Court". LiveLaw. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
5. "Transfer Order of Shri Justice A A Kureshi, CJ, Tripura HC as CJ Rajasthan HC" (PDF). Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
6. "Justice Akil Kureshi takes oath as the new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court". The Hindu. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.