- Justice Gokani’s appointment was approved by the Centre on February 12, and she had been serving as Chief Justice (Designate) since February 13.
NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, FEB 16
Justice Sonia Gokani took charge as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court on Thursday. Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office to her at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. She became the first woman to head the Gujarat High Court.
कुमारी सोनियाबेन गिरिधर गोकाणी को आज गुजरात उच्च न्यायालय के मुख्य न्यायाधिपति के पद की शपथ दिलवायी। समारोह में विधानसभा अध्यक्ष शंकरभाई चौधरी, सर्वोच्च न्यायालय की न्यायमूर्ति बेलाबेन त्रिवेदी, मुख्यमंत्री भुपेन्द्रभाई पटेल और कानून-न्याय मंत्री ऋषिकेश पटेल भी उपस्थित रहे। pic.twitter.com/6j9QehXdFC
— Acharya Devvrat (@ADevvrat) February 16, 2023
Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Law Minister Rushikesh Patel, and Supreme Court judge Justice Bela Trivedi were present on the occasion.
Chief Justice Gokani, is the senior most judge at the Gujarat High Court. She is due to retire on February 25th.
Justice Gokani’s appointment was approved by the Centre on February 12, and she had been serving as Chief Justice (Designate) since February 13. Her appointment came as Justice Aravind Kumar was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court.
Justice Gokani, who joins as the 28th Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, will retire on February 25, making her tenure the shortest.
Born on February 26, 1961, in Gujarat’s Jamnagar, she was elevated as the additional judge of the Gujarat High Court on February 17, 2011, and confirmed as a permanent judge on January 28, 2013.
She joined the judiciary directly as a judge at the city civil and sessions court in Ahmedabad on July 10, 1995, and presided over many civil and criminal matters.
Justice Gokani also worked as a judge for the special court set up under anti-terror laws, and conducted important matters from 2003 to 2008. She also worked as a special judge for cases investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
She also served as a part-time lecturer at Shri K P Shah Law College in Jamnagar and was a member of the district consumer disputes redressal forum for nearly five years before joining the judiciary.
Justice Gokani was first deputed to the Gujarat High Court in March 2008 as registrar (recruitment) for the recruitment of judicial officers up to the cadre of district judges.
