Ajit Prakash Shah (born 13 February 1948 at

Solapur Solapur () is a city located in the south-western region of the States and Territories of India, Indian state of Maharashtra, close to its border with Karnataka. Solapur is located on major highway, rail routes between Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore ...

) is the former chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India. He was the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court from May 2008 till his retirement in February 2010. Justice Shah did his graduation from Solapur and attended Government Law College, Mumbai for his law degree. After a short span of practice at the Solapur District Court, he shifted to the

Bombay High Court The High Court of Bombay is the High courts of India, high court of the States and union territories of India, states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily ...

in 1977 and joined the chambers of the then-leading Advocate Shri S.C. Pratap. He gained experience in civil, constitutional, service and labour matters. Justice Shah was appointed Additional Judge of

on 18 December 1992 and became a permanent Judge on 8 April 1994. He assumed charge as the Chief Justice of

Madras High Court The High Court of Judicature at Madras is a High Courts of India, High Court located in Chennai, India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. It is one of ...

on 12 November 2005 and was transferred as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 7 May 2008. Since June 2011, Justice Shah has been the Chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC), the self-regulatory body for non-news general entertainment channels (GECs) set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF).

RIL rejects Shah committee in ONGC dispute

On 11 January 2016, Reliance Industries (RIL) disputed the jurisdiction of a panel headed by Shah in the RIL-ONGC dispute. It challenged the oil ministry's decision to intervene in the dispute by setting up the panel, headed by Justice AP Shah. At the first meeting of the panel on 31 December, RIL and its partner Niko stated they would boycott its proceedings.

References

External links

Madras High Court Website

High Court of Madras Website

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