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Akshay H. Mehta (born 15 December 1945) is a former judge of the Gujarat High Court.

Early life and education

Mehta was born at Vadodara. His father Harshadray P. Mehta, an eminent lawyer of his time. He took his primary as well as secondary education in Rosary High School and a degree in law from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Career

After getting enrolled at the bar, Mehta started practising law with his father in 1971 at Vadodara. In 1975, he shifted to Ahmedabad and started practice in Gujarat High Court on civil and criminal sides. He appeared in several inquiry commissions. In September, 1999 he was appointed as a senior Government of India Standing Counsel till his elevation as a judge.

As a Judge

On 18 June 2001, Mehta was elevated to the post of additional judge of the Gujarat High Court. On 14 December 2007, he retired from this post. After the death of Justice K. G. Shah, who was a member of the Nanavati-Shah commission appointed to probe the Godhra train burning and the subsequent riots in the state, on 5 April 2008, the Gujarat High Court appointed Mehta to the commission.

References

1. ^ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Akshay H. Mehta". Gujarat High Court. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
2. "Newly appointed justice Mehta of Nanavati Commission visits Godhra". IndLaw. UNI. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
3. "Report of the Commission of Inquiry Consisting of Justice Nanavati and Justice Mehta" (PDF). Godhra and Gujarat Riots - Commission of Inquiry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

• Judges of the Gujarat High Court
• Living people
• 1945 births
• People from Vadodara
• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda alumni
• 20th-century Indian judges
• 21st-century Indian judges