Hon'ble Mr. Justice Akbar Sharafali Sarela
Date of Birth : 25/02/1908 
Date of Joining : 13/05/1965 
Held Office Till : 24/02/1970
Source :SERVICE
Introduction : Appointed as a Additional Judge of the High Court of Gujarat from 13.5.1965. Permanent Judge of the High Court from 9.1.1968
Full Profile :

Born on 25.2.1908. Educated at Sir J.J. High School, Surat, the Elphinstone College, Bombay, the Government Law College, Bombay, the School of Economics, University of Bombay. Enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court at Bombay in March, 1933. Did Civil and Criminal cases at Bombay. Appointed Second Class Sub Judge (Civil Judge, Junior Division) in the Bombay State Judicial Service in November, 1936. Served as Judge, Labour Court, Jalgaon from September 1947 to May 1948. Promoted at end of May 1948 as Assistant Judge and Assistant Sessions Judge in the Bombay State Judicial Service. Appointed on deputation as Deputy Secretary, Legal Department, Government of Bombay in May 1951. Promoted as District and Sessions Judge in April, 1954. Appointed as Joint Secretary to Government of Bombay, Legal Department in July 1959. Allocated to Gujarat State Judicial Service on bifurcation and posted as Joint Secretary in the Government of Gujarat in the Legal Department. Appointed as Judge, City Civil Court, Ahmedabad from the 14th November 1961, but continued on deputation as Joint Secretary, Legal Department and Remembrance of Legal Affairs, Government of Gujarat from 30th April 1963. Appointed as Additional Judge, Gujarat High Court on 13th May 1965 for a period of two years. Appointed Permanent Judge on 9.1.1968. Retired on 25.2.1970.




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