Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{short description|Former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court}}
{{Infobox Judge
|honorific_prefix=Hon'ble Retd. Chief Justice
|name=Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri

|office=[[Chief Justice]] of [[Orissa High Court]]
|termstart=12 August 2018
|termend=4 January 2020
|appointer=[[Ram Nath Kovind]]
|nominator=[[Dipak Misra]]
|predecessor=[[Vineet Saran]]

|office1=[[Judge]] of [[Rajasthan High Court]]
|appointer1=[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|nominator1=[[T. S. Thakur]]
|termend1=11 August 2018
|termstart1=24 August 2016

|office2=[[Judge]] of [[Gujarat High Court]]
|termstart2=7 March 2004
|termend2=23 August 2016
|nominator2=[[V. N. Khare]]
|appointer2=[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]

|birth_date={{bda|1958|01|05|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Gujarat]]
}}
'''Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri''' (born 5 January 1958) is an Indian Judge and former [[Chief justice|Chief Justice]] of [[Orissa High Court]]. He is also former [[Judge]] of [[Rajasthan High Court]] and [[Gujarat High Court]].

==Career==
Jhaveri passed [[LL.B]]. and got enrolment on 20 January 1983. He started practice in the [[Gujarat High Court]]. In 1983 he became a member of the Executive Committee of Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association and elected as Joint Secretary of the Bar in 1984. He appeared before the High Court on behalf of various Statutory authority of the Central and State Government. on 7 March 2004, Jhaveri was elevated as Judge of Gujarat High Court, he became permanent Judge on 22 June 2005. He was transferred to [[Rajasthan High Court]] on 24 August 2016 and also served as the Executive Chairman of Rajastha State Legal Service Authority.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orissahighcourt.nic.in/cjohc.html|title=Honourable Shri Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri|website=orissahighcourt.nic.in|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rlsa.gov.in/rslsa.html|title=Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> Justice Jhaveri was appointed as the Chief Justice of [[Orissa High Court]] on 12 August 2018 after Justice [[Vineet Saran]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livelaw.in/justice-kalpesh-satyendra-jhaveri-appointed-as-chief-justice-of-orissa-high-court-read-notification/|title=Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri Appointed As Chief Justice Of Orissa High Court|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/justice-kalpesh-satyendra-jhaveri-sworn-in-as-orissa-hc-chief-justice-118081200423_1.html|title=Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri sworn in as Orissa HC Chief Justice|agency=IANS|date=12 August 2018|newspaper=Business Standard|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/cuttack/high-court-gets-new-chief-justice/articleshow/65277246.cms|title=High Court gets new Chief Justice|date=5 August 2018|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> Governor Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of the office and secrecy to Justice Jhaveri at a ceremony organised on the premises of Orissa HC. Jhaveri was sworn in as the 30th Chief Justice of Orissa HC.

A judge of Gujarat High Court, Jhaveri succeed Chief Justice Vineet Saran, who has been elevated to the Supreme Court. On July 19, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended Jhaveri's name for appointment as the Chief Justice of Orissa HC and the Ministry of Law and Justice had issued a notification in this regard.

Born on January 5, 1958, Justice Jhaveri who obtained BSc and LLB degree from Gujarat University had started his career as lawyer at Gujarat HC in 1983. He was elected as Joint Secretary in 1984 and then General Secretary of Gujarat High Court Advocates’ Association in 1988.

Justice Jhaveri, who was elevated to Gujarat HC Judge on March 7, 2004, was confirmed as a permanent Judge in June 2005. He was then transferred to Rajasthan HC in August 2016.

Among others, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi, DGP Dr R P Sharma, Advocate General Surya Prasad Mishra, DCP Akhilesvar Singh and Collector Aravinda Agarwal were present. He retired from his office on 4 January 2020 on turning the age of 62.

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[[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian judges]]

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