C.K. Thakker

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Justice C.K. Thakker (born November 10, 1943) is a judge in the Supreme Court of India.

Justice Thakker was born at Mander near Porbandar in the State of Gujarat. His Lordship took primary education in Mander and Madhavpur, graduated from Bahauddin College, Junagadh and obtained LL.B. Degree from M.P. Shah Law College, Jamnagar. His Lordship obtained LL.M. Degree from Gujarat University, and started practice from 1968 in the High Court of Gujarat.

He was appointed as Part-Time Lecturer in Law in Sir L.A. Shah Law College, Ahmedabad in 1970 and continued as such till he was elevated as a Judge of High Court of Gujarat on June 21, 1990. He was further elevated as the Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla on May 5, 2000 and transferred as the Chief Justice of High Court of Judicature at Mumbai on December 31, 2001. His Lordship was also Acting Governor of the State of Maharashtra from July to October 2002. His Lordship is appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on June 7, 2004.

Justice Thakker has a son and a daughter who both practice law in Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad.

[edit] Publications

Justice Thakker is a well known author. He several law books which have been appreciated in India, UK and USA. His "Lectures on Administrative Law" (Students' Edition) has been prescribed as a text book by various Universities at LL.B. and LL.M. level. Justice Thakker's "Civil Procedure" (Students' Edition) was warmly welcomed and highly appreciated by students, lawyers, law professors and scholars.