ABHAY KAUMAR GOHIL LAW INSIDER
ABHAY KAUMAR GOHIL LAW INSIDER

Former High Court Judge

NAME – Abhay Kumar Gohil

PROFESSION – High Court Judge

BORN – 01/07/1946

PLACE OF BIRTH – Sironj, Madhya Pradesh

FATHER’S NAME – Keshrimal Gohil

MOTHER’S NAME – N/A

SPOUSE – N/A

SIBLINGS – N/A

EDUCATION – BA.LLB from Hamidia College, Bhopal

AWARDS – He was honoured with the National Bar Award, 2009, by the International Council of Jurists, the Indian Council of Jurists, and all India Bar Association for his remarkable contribution to the Indian judiciary. He was also awarded by the government of India and the ministry of law and justice, for his first book on cooperative law, which got published in the year 1972.

SPECIALISATION – N/A

COMMITTEE/ PANEL HEADED – Chairman of the appellate authority for industrial and financial reconstruction (AAIFR)

Chairman of inquiry commission in Karnataka

BACKGROUND – Abhay Kumar Gohil is a retired high court judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court and an arbitrator by profession.

Abhay Kumar Gohil was born in Sironj town in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh on 1st July 1946. He is the son of Shri keshrimal Gohil, a veteran freedom fighter and the chairman of Municipality of Sironj, Madhya Pradesh. A.K. Gohil completed his schooling from his hometown, Sironj, and later, persuaded BA.LLB and graduated from Hamidia College, Bhopal.

Before becoming a judge, Abhay Kumar Gohil worked as a practising lawyer in the Madhya Pradesh High Court in 1967. He was assigned to very respectable positions throughout his career.

He was appointed as the government advocate at the Madhya Pradesh arbitration tribunal, assistant solicitor general, and deputy advocate general in Madhya Pradesh high court.

He was also elected as a member of the state bar council of Madhya Pradesh in 1984. As a member of the state bar council of Madhya Pradesh, he was also appointed as the chairman of various committees.

He was the chairman of the executed committee, enrollment committee, disciplinary committee, welfare committee, and chairman of all India bar council disciplinary appeal committee as well.

CAREER TIMELINE –

1967- 1968- Enrolled as an advocate in the bar council of Madhya Pradesh and practised as a lawyer until 1999

1984- 1999- Elected as a member of state bar council of Madhya Pradesh and remained the member till 1999

1986-1999- Appointed as government advocate before the Madhya Pradesh arbitration tribunal and worked till 1999

1994-1999- Appointed as senior central government standing counsel in Madhya Pradesh high court

1998-1999- Appointed as deputy advocate general in Madhya Pradesh high court

1999- Appointed as judge of Madhya Pradesh high court and then, as an administrative judge in Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh

2011- Appointed as chairman of Appellate Authority for industrial and financial reconstruction

LANDMARK JUDGEMENTS – N/A

REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT – He is known as a social activist and associated with many social groups and educational institutions. He is a life member of Seth Sitarabai Laxmichand Jain Education society at vidisha, Madhya Pradesh.

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