Jaishanker Manilal Shelat
High Court of Bombay | |
|---|---|
| In office 6 January 1957 – 30 April 1960 | |
| Appointed by | Rajendra Prasad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 July 1908 |
| Died | 1 November 1985 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Institute of Historical Research, King's College London, Elphinstone College |
Justice Jaishanker Manilal Shelat (16 July 1908 – 1 November 1985) was a Judge of the
Education
Shelat initially studied at Jubilee Institution in
Bombay. Later, he went to King's College and the Institute of Historical Research of the University of London where his submitted his thesis on "Criticism and defence of the constitution of the Senate of the United States of America during the campaign for ratification 1787-1789."[1][3]
Career
He joined the
High Court of Bombay in January 1957 and made a Permanent Judge of the court in November that year.[2]
Supersession and resignation
In April 1973, Shelat was the seniormost Supreme Court judge followed by A. N. Grover and K. S. Hegde who were superseded by Justice A. N. Ray in being named as the Chief Justice of India. This is partly attributed to their being on the side of the majority judgement in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala which went against the government of the day.[4] Both Hegde and Shelat resigned from the court at the end of that month while Grover did so a month later.
Works
- Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. 1964. pp. viii+396.
- Secularism, Principles and Application. Bombay: N. M. Tripathi Private Ltd. 1972. pp. xiv+144.
References
- ^ High Court of Gujarat. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Former Chief Justice & Judges". Supreme Court of India. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ Shelat, Jeyshanker M. (1933). Criticism and defence of the constitution of the Senate of the United States of America during the campaign for ratification 1787-1789 (M. A. thesis). University of London.
- ^ "Long March of The Supreme Court Bar Association". www.lexsite.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
