The Government of India has nominated Smt. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai as Chairperson of Press Council of India. Smt Justice Desai is a retired Judge of Supreme Court of India.
Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai was born on October 30, 1949. Passed Bachelor of Arts from the Elphinstone College in 1970 and Bachelor of Laws from the Government Law College, Bombay in 1973. Joined the legal profession on July 30, 1973. She worked as a junior of Justice Pratap when he was at the bar where she got opportunity to appear in several civil and criminal matters.
She also worked with her father Shri S.G. Samant who was an eminent criminal lawyer. She was appointed as Government Pleader in 1979. She was appointed as Special Public Prosecutor for preventive detention matters in 1986. She was appointed to the post of Government Pleader, Appellate Side, High Court of Bombay on November 1, 1995. She was elevated to the Bench of Bombay High Court on April 15, 1996.
She was elevated as a Judge of Supreme Court of India on 13.09.2011. Retired on 29.10.2014 (F.N.)
Indian Bureaucracy Dot Com wishes Justice Smt Ranjana Prakash Desai the very best.
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