Dinesh Maheshwari (born 15 May 1958) is a former Judge of the

Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme judicial authority of India and is the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court, has the final decision in all legal matters ...

. He is a former Chief Justice of the

Karnataka High Court Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnata ...

High Court of Meghalaya The Meghalaya High Court is the High Court of the state of Meghalaya. It was established in March 2013, after making suitable amendments in the Constitution of India and North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act of 1971. Earlier, a bench of ...

. He took the oath as a Judge of

Rajasthan High Court The Rajasthan High Court is the High Court of the state of Rajasthan. It was established on 29 August 1949 under the ''Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949''. The seat of the court is at Jodhpur. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 50. ...

on 2 September 2004. He was transferred to the

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and remained senior Judge at the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court from 2 March 2015. He took oath as Chief Justice of the High Court of Meghalaya on 24 February 2016. On transfer to Karnataka, Justice Maheshwari took oath as 30th Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka on 12 February 2018. He took oath as Judge of the

on 18 January 2019.

Early life and education

Maheshwari was born on 15 May 1958. His father Sh. Ramesh Chandra Maheshwari was an eminent lawyer at Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur. He completed his graduation in B.Sc. (Hons.) in physics from Maharaja's College,

University of Rajasthan University of Rajasthan is a public and state university in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and is one of the oldest universities in the state. It was set up on 8 January 1947 as the University of Rajputana Rājputana, meaning "Land of the ...

, Jaipur. He graduated in law from

Jodhpur University Jai Narain Vyas University (JNVU, formerly known as University of Jodhpur) is an educational institution in Jodhpur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Established in 1962, the university took over the four colleges of Jodhpur run by the sta ...

in 1980 and enrolled as an advocate on March 8, 1981.

Career

Maheshwari started his practice in the year 1981 at district civil courts of Jodhpur and High Court of Rajasthan at Jodhpur. He practiced mainly on civil and constitutional sides while specialising mainly in civil, revenue, arbitration and company matters. He was lawyer for the Revenue and Excise Departments of Government of Rajasthan in Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur; Urban Improvement Trust, Jodhpur, Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur; Urban Improvement Trust, Udaipur and Rajasthan Tribal Areas Development Co-Operative Federation, Udaipur and various other Co-operative Banks, Oil Companies, Autonomous Bodies, Boards and Corporations. After a practice and experience of about 23 years as a lawyer he was elevated and appointed a judge of the

on 2 September 2004.

Judicial service

Maheshwari wrote a majority opinion in ''Janhit Abhiyan v Union of India'', holding that the 103rd Amendment to the Constitution did not violate the basic structure, and upholding reservations for Economically Weaker Sections.

References

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