Hon'ble Mr. Justice Chandrakant Vithalrao Rane
Date of Birth : 01/08/1915 
Date of Joining : 22/10/1971 
Held Office Till : 19/07/1976
Source :SERVICE
Introduction : Appointed as a Additional Judge of the High Court of Gujarat from 22.10.1971. Permanent Judge of the High Court from 26.9.1975.
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Born on August 1, 1915 at Amreli. After his Secondary Education at Amerli, he joined Rajaram College at Kolhapur and then graduated from Baroda College. He also attended Sir L.A. Shah Law College, Ahmedabad for law degree in the first year and graduated in law from Sykes Law College, Kolhapur.

After his appointment in the judicial carrier of the Bombay State, he worked as Civil Judge & Judicial Magistrate at Baroda, Ahmedabad and other places. He has also worked as Assistant Judge and Additional Sessions Judge, at Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Himatnagar and Porbandar and as District & Sessions Judge at Jamnagar and Baroda. He tried several important civil and criminal cases some of them being Teen Batti Triple Murder Case and Sikh Murder Case at Jamnagar and Pankaj Murder Case and Itola Murder Case at Baroda.

His Lordship Shri C.V. Rane was appointed Registrar of the High Court of Gujarat in 1966 and he brought up the tone the working of the administrative side of the High Court. In the appreciation of his services, he was appointed Registrar of the Supreme Court of India in June 1969 and worked there till his elevation as Judge of the Gujarat High Court i.e. 22nd October 1971. Confirmed as Permanent Judge on 26.9.1975. Appointed as Chairman A. P. Administrative Tribunal, on 19.7.1976.




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