Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale

Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale (born 24 October 1956) is currently Judicial Member of Lokpal Committee since 23 March 2019. He will retire from the post till 70 years of age. He was the former Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad from July 2016 to October 2018.[2]

Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale Judicial Member, Lokpal
Judicial Member of Lokpal
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2019
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Position Established
46th Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court
In office 30 July 2016 – 23 October 2018
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Preceded by	D. Y. Chandrachud
Succeeded by	Govind Mathur
Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
In office 8 December 2014 – 29 July 2016
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Judge of the Karnataka High Court
In office 6 January 2012 – 7 December 2014
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Judge of the Bombay High Court
In office 22 January 2001 – 5 January 2012
Appointed by	K. R. Narayanan
Personal details
Born	24 October 1956
Spouse(s)	Arundhati ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	2
Father	Babasaheb Bhosale
Alma mater	Government Law College, Mumbai[1]

Background

Bhosale hails from Satara district of Maharashtra.[3] He comes from a prominent family. His father Babasaheb Bhosale was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1982 to 83 while his uncle Shivajirao was the Vice-Chancellor of Marathwada University situated at Aurangabad. Justice Bhosale studied law at Government Law College, Mumbai.[4]

Career

He joined the Bar in June 1980 when he began practice at the High Court of Bombay. Bhosale was an Assistant Government Pleader and Assistant Public Prosecutor at the court from 1986 to 1991. He was appointed an Additional Judge at the Bombay High Court in January 2001 and promoted to be a Permanent Judge two years later. Beginning 2012, Bhosale was made a sitting Judge at the High Court of Karnataka.[3][5] On 30 July 2016, he was promoted to Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.
On 23 October 2018, he was retired from High Court.

Notable judgements

• A division bench consisting of Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma ruled that the Election Commission of India has powers to remove duplicate and fake names from the electoral rolls till the last date of filing the nominations.[6]

References

1. "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale (CJ)". www.allahabadhighcourt.in. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
2. "Lokpal: Meet the men and women who will probe corruption". qrius.com. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
3. "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale". www.supremecourtcaselaw.com. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
4. "The Hon'ble The Acting Chief Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale". hc.tap.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
5. "Former Hon'ble Judges of High Court of Karnataka elevated as Chief Justice of other High Courts". karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in. 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
6. "Allahabad high court: Voter list can be corrected till last date of filing nomination". The Times of India. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.