Justice Jayant Patel
Former Acting Chief Justice
High Court Gujarat, Former Judge, High Court of Karnataka, India
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jayant M. Patel, born on 04.08.1956 at Veraval, Gujarat, passed B.Com. and LL.B. He had a first class educational career and was also awarded National Merit Scholarship, while studying LL.B.
He entered Bar in August, 1979, Rajkot, and shifted to Gujarat High Court in 1985.
He was appointed as Central Govt. Standing Counsel, Senior Counsel to Railways, Govt. of India, Counsel for the Income Tax Department and Standing Counsel for SAFEMA (Ministry of Finance), Govt. of India.
He studied the working in the system of administration of justice in various countries and visited High Courts and Supreme Courts in USA, England, France, Singapore, Germany and Canada etc.,
He was elevated as Judge in the High Court of Gujarat in 2001 and was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Gujarat in 2015. Later, he was Sworn-in as Judge of Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru in 2016.
He was appointed as Executive Chairman of Karnataka State Legal Services Authority. He was also the President of Arbitration Law Centre, Bengaluru, Executive Chairman, Indian Law Institute, Karnataka and appointed as Executive Chairperson of Regional Office of International Centre For Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR) with effect from 20.06.2017.
He laid down the Office on 25.09.2017.