14 July 2024 11:20 AM GMT
LiveLaw is hosting an event in the memory of Justice UL Bhat who passed away on June 6, 2024.
He was selected as Munsif in 1961 by the Kerala Public Service Commission but the State government refused to appoint him in government service for political reasons.
In 1968, High Court of Kerala selected him for the post of District and Sessions Judge and was appointed as the District and Sessions Judge by the State Government in 1970 and served in that capacity till 1980.
In 1980, he was appointed as the Judge of the High Court of Kerala and in 1991 was appointed as Acting Chief Justice in that High Court. He was also appointed as the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court and functioned as such till December, 1993. He was transferred as Chief Justice of High Court of Madhya Pradesh. He retired in the month of October, 1995. After his retirement, he was appointed as President, Customs, Excise and Gold Control Appellate Tribunal (CEGAT), New Delhi, where he served for the next three years. He was also designated as Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India.
Details of the event.
Date: July 14, 2024
Time: 5PM
Speakers
Justice KG Balakrishnan
[Former Chief Justice of India]
Justice KT Thomas
[Former Judge, Supreme Court of India]
Justice Ravindra Bhat
[Former Judge, Supreme Court of India]
Justice KM Joseph
[Former Judge, Supreme Court of India]
Justice Gopala Gowda
[Former Judge, Supreme Court of India]
Justice A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar
[Judge, High Court of Kerala]
Justice Anu Sivaraman
[Judge,Karnataka High Court]
Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas
[Judge, High Court of Kerala]
Justice Ravi Malimath
[Fomer Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh HC]
Vivek Tankha
[Member of Parliament,Senior Advocate]
Justice K Sukumaran
[Former Judge, Kerala High Court
Justice Balakrishnan Nair
[Former Judge, High Court of Kerala]
Justice Satish Chandran
[Former Judge, High Court of Kerala]
Justice Krishna Bhat
[Former Judge, Karnataka High Court]
Justice Rakesh Chandra Mishra
Senior Advocate, Former Judge, MP High Court]
Shaji P Chaly
[Senior Advocate, Former Judge, High Court of Kerala]
Lakshmi Kumaran
[Advocate]
K.Ramachandran
[Former District Judge]
R. Basant
[Senior Advocate, Former Judge, High Court of Kerala]
Sooraj Bhat
Moderator: BG Harindranath, Senior Advocate
The event is organized by Friends and Disciples of Justice UL Bhat
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