Justice
Vallabhdas Aidan Mohta
15th Chief justice of Odisha High Court
In office
28 September 1994 – 25 April 1995
Preceded byG. T. Nanavati
Succeeded bySailendu Nath Phukan
Personal details
Born(1933-04-26)26 April 1933
Died(2018-07-03)3 July 2018

Vallabhdas Aidan Mohta (26 April 1933 – 3 July 2018) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.[1]

Career

Mohta was born in 1933 at Akola. He studied in New English High School, Akola and passed from DAV College, Kanpur. He completed his LL.B. from Nagpur. Besides legal practice he was involved with lot of social welfare works. Mohta wrote an autobiographical book named Time and Chance.[2] He became the founder president of Radhadevi Goenka Mahila Mahavidyalaya. In 1974, Mohta was elected as Vice Chairman of the Bar Council of Maharashtra. On 27 April 1979 he was appointed a Judge of the Bombay High Court and on 28 September 1994 Mohta was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.[3] During his tenure of judgeship he recommended the name of Justice Dipak Mishra, Hon'ble Chief Justice of India.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Odisha History | Chief Justice". www.odishahistory.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ Mohta, V. A. (5 September 2019). Time and Chance.
  3. ^ "Former Chief Justice | Orissa High Court, Cuttack". orissahighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Former Chief Justice Of Orissa HC V A Mohta No More". Odisha Bytes. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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