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	\| name = Sujata V. Manohar		\| name = Sujata V. Manohar
	~~\| honorific-prefix = '''Hon'ble Justice'''~~		\| image = Sujata V Manohar.jpg
	\| image =		\| caption =
	\| caption =		\| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
	\| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]		\| termstart = 8 November 1994
	\| termstart = 8 November 1994		\| termend = 27 August 1999
	\| termend = 27 August 1999		\| office2 = Chief Justice of the [[Kerala High Court]]
	~~\| appointer =~~		\| termstart2 = 21 April 1994
	~~\| predecessor =~~		\| termend2 = 7 November 1994
	\| office2 = Chief Justice of the [[Kerala High Court]]		\| office3 = Chief Justice of the [[Bombay High Court]]
	\| termstart2 = 21 April 1994		\| term_start3 = 15 January 1994
	\| termend2 = 07 November 1994		\| term_end3 = 20 April 1994
	\| office3 = Chief Justice of the [[Bombay High Court]]		\| office4 = Judge of the Bombay High Court
	\| term_start3 = 15 January 1994		\| term_start4 = 23 January 1978
	\| term_end3 = 20 April 1994		\| term_end4 = 14 April 1994
	\| office4 = Judge of the Bombay High Court		\| education = B.A. (Oxon.), [[Barrister-at-Law]]
	\| term_start4 = 23 January 1978		\| alma_mater = [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford]]
	\| term_end4 = 14 April 1994		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1934\|8\|28\|df=y}}
	\| education = B.A. (Oxon.), [[Barrister-at-Law]]		\| birth_place = [[Bombay]], India
	\| alma_mater = [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford]]		\| parents = [[Kantilal Thakoredas Desai\|K. T. Desai]] (father)
	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1934\|8\|28\|df=y}}		\| website = {{URL\|http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/88_svmanohar.htm\|Supreme Court of India}}
	\| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[India]]
	~~\| nationality = {{IND}}~~
	\| parents = ~~Justice~~ [[Kantilal Thakoredas Desai\|K. T. Desai]] (father)
	\| website = {{URL\|http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/88_svmanohar.htm\|Supreme Court of India}}
	}}		}}

	'''Sujata Vasant Manohar''' (born 28 August 1934) is a ~~retired~~ judge of the Supreme Court of India ~~(retired in 1999)~~ and a former member of the [[National Human Rights Commission (India)\|National Human Rights Commission]] of India.<ref>[http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/88_svmanohar.htm Website - Supreme Court of India] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728172725/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/88_svmanohar.htm \|date=28 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z ~~Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive~~\|~~url~~=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z \|~~date~~=5 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/Tutors/Lecturers-(1)/Profiles/Mrs-Justice-Sujata-Manohar.aspx Website - LMH]</ref><ref>~~[http~~://www.gnlu.ac.in/supreme-court-judges.php ~~Website~~ - ~~GNLU]~~</ref>		'''Sujata Vasant Manohar''' (born 28 August 1934) is a former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and a former member of the [[National Human Rights Commission (India)\|National Human Rights Commission]] of India.<ref>[http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/88_svmanohar.htm Website - Supreme Court of India] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728172725/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/88_svmanohar.htm \|date=28 July 2013 }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z\|title=Official Website of High Court of Bombay\|archivedate=5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/Tutors/Lecturers-(1)/Profiles/Mrs-Justice-Sujata-Manohar.aspx Website - LMH]</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=GNLU \|url=https://www.gnlu.ac.in/supreme-court-judges.php/InvalidRequest \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909222106/https://www.gnlu.ac.in/supreme-court-judges.php/InvalidRequest \|archive-date=2018-09-09 \|website=www.gnlu.ac.in}}</ref>

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	~~Ms.~~ Manohar was born into a family with a strong legal background - her father [[Kantilal Thakoredas Desai]] would later become the ~~[[Chief Justice of Gujarat\|~~second ~~Chief Justice]]~~ of the [[High Court ~~of Gujarat~~]]. She graduated from [[Elphinstone College]], [[Bombay]], and then went to [[Lady Margaret Hall]], [[Oxford]] where she read [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]].<ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=~~amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z \|date=5 July 2015 }}<~~/~~ref~~>		Manohar was born into a family with a strong legal background - her father [[Kantilal Thakoredas Desai]] would later become the second chief justice of the [[Gujarat High Court]]. She graduated from [[Elphinstone College]], [[Bombay]], and then went to [[Lady Margaret Hall]], [[Oxford]] where she read [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]].<ref name="auto"/>

	==Career==		==Career==
	After Oxford, she was called to the Bar at [[Lincoln's Inn]] having simultaneously passed all papers in Parts 1 & 2 of the Bar Exam. She returned to India where she began practice in 1958 on the original side of the [[Bombay High Court]]. She dealt primarily with commercial matters, but also took many family law cases under legal aid schemes. This was before India had a formal state legal aid programme, so she voluntarily associated herself with over 30 non-governmental organisations.<ref~~>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth~~=~~amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive\|url=https:/~~/~~web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z \|date=5 July 2015 }}</ref~~>		After Oxford, she was called to the Bar at [[Lincoln's Inn]], having simultaneously passed all papers in Parts 1 & 2 of the Bar Exam. She returned to India where she began practice in 1958 on the original side of the [[Bombay High Court]]. She dealt primarily with commercial matters, but also took many family law cases under legal aid schemes. This was before India had a formal state legal aid programme, so she voluntarily associated herself with over 30 non-governmental organisations.<ref name="auto"/>

	After around 20 years of practice, which included a substantial amount of public interest and pro-bono work, she was appointed a judge of the High Court of Bombay in 1978, the first woman judge of that court. In January, 1994, she was appointed ~~Chief Justice~~ of the High Court of Bombay, the first woman to hold that post. In April, 1994, she was transferred as the ~~Chief Justice~~ of the [[Kerala High Court]], again the first woman to hold that post. At the end of 1994 (November), after 16 years as a High Court judge, she was appointed as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]~~, the highest Indian court, from which post she~~ retired in 1999.<ref~~>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth~~=~~amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive\|url=https:~~/~~/web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z \|date=5 July 2015 }}</ref~~>		After around 20 years of practice, which included a substantial amount of public interest and pro-bono work, she was appointed a judge of the High Court of Bombay in 1978, the first woman judge of that court. In January, 1994, she was appointed chief justice of the High Court of Bombay, the first woman to hold that post. In April, 1994, she was transferred as the chief justice of the [[Kerala High Court]], again the first woman to hold that post. At the end of 1994 (November), after 16 years as a High Court judge, she was appointed a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and later retired in 1999.<ref name="auto"/>

	As a judge, she took a strongly independent stance, defending the rule of law against political and public pressures. In one case, she was called upon to decide on the constitutionality of one aspect of India's affirmative action programme. The government of the day proposed to require Universities to implement a system of quotas for admission to research degrees. This meant that available places would be parcelled out to students based on their caste and religion, not just on their merit. Justice Manohar ruled this unconstitutional, despite a strong backlash from certain interest groups, who, in a show of public umbrage, burnt her effigy.<ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z \|date=~~5 July 2015 }}<~~/~~ref~~>		As a judge, she took a strongly independent stance, defending the rule of law against political and public pressures. In one case, she was called upon to decide on the constitutionality of one aspect of India's affirmative action programme. The government of the day proposed to require Universities to implement a system of quotas for admission to research degrees. This meant that available places would be parcelled out to students based on their caste and religion, not just on their merit. Justice Manohar ruled this unconstitutional, despite a strong backlash from certain interest groups, who, in a show of public umbrage, burnt her effigy.<ref name="auto"/>

	After her retirement, she was appointed to the [[National Human Rights Commission of India\|National Human Rights Commission]]. She is an honorary fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and an honorary bencher of Lincoln's Inn, London. She is also a patron of the [[Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal]].<ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z \|date=~~5 July 2015 }}<~~/~~ref~~>		After her retirement, she was appointed to the [[National Human Rights Commission of India\|National Human Rights Commission]]. She is an honorary fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and an honorary bencher of Lincoln's Inn, London. She is also a patron of the [[Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal]].<ref name="auto"/>

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{{Short description|Indian judge}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sujata V. Manohar
| honorific-prefix = '''Hon'ble Justice'''
| image =
| caption =
| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
| termstart = 8 November 1994
| termend = 27 August 1999
| appointer =
| predecessor =
| office2 = Chief Justice of the [[Kerala High Court]]
| termstart2 = 21 April 1994
| termend2 = 07 November 1994
| office3 = Chief Justice of the [[Bombay High Court]]
| term_start3 = 15 January 1994
| term_end3 = 20 April 1994
| office4 = Judge of the Bombay High Court
| term_start4 = 23 January 1978
| term_end4 = 14 April 1994
| education = B.A. (Oxon.), [[Barrister-at-Law]]
| alma_mater = [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|8|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[India]]
| nationality = {{IND}}
| parents = Justice [[Kantilal Thakoredas Desai|K. T. Desai]] (father)
| website = {{URL|http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/88_svmanohar.htm|Supreme Court of India}}
}}

'''Sujata Vasant Manohar''' (born 28 August 1934) is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India (retired in 1999) and a former member of the [[National Human Rights Commission (India)|National Human Rights Commission]] of India.<ref>[http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/88_svmanohar.htm Website - Supreme Court of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728172725/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/88_svmanohar.htm |date=28 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/Tutors/Lecturers-(1)/Profiles/Mrs-Justice-Sujata-Manohar.aspx Website - LMH]</ref><ref>[http://www.gnlu.ac.in/supreme-court-judges.php Website - GNLU]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Ms. Manohar was born into a family with a strong legal background - her father [[Kantilal Thakoredas Desai]] would later become the [[Chief Justice of Gujarat|second Chief Justice]] of the [[High Court of Gujarat]]. She graduated from [[Elphinstone College]], [[Bombay]], and then went to [[Lady Margaret Hall]], [[Oxford]] where she read [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]].<ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref>

==Career==
After Oxford, she was called to the Bar at [[Lincoln's Inn]] having simultaneously passed all papers in Parts 1 & 2 of the Bar Exam. She returned to India where she began practice in 1958 on the original side of the [[Bombay High Court]]. She dealt primarily with commercial matters, but also took many family law cases under legal aid schemes. This was before India had a formal state legal aid programme, so she voluntarily associated herself with over 30 non-governmental organisations.<ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref>

After around 20 years of practice, which included a substantial amount of public interest and pro-bono work, she was appointed a judge of the High Court of Bombay in 1978, the first woman judge of that court. In January, 1994, she was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay, the first woman to hold that post. In April, 1994, she was transferred as the Chief Justice of the [[Kerala High Court]], again the first woman to hold that post. At the end of 1994 (November), after 16 years as a High Court judge, she was appointed as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]], the highest Indian court, from which post she retired in 1999.<ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref>

As a judge, she took a strongly independent stance, defending the rule of law against political and public pressures. In one case, she was called upon to decide on the constitutionality of one aspect of India's affirmative action programme. The government of the day proposed to require Universities to implement a system of quotas for admission to research degrees. This meant that available places would be parcelled out to students based on their caste and religion, not just on their merit. Justice Manohar ruled this unconstitutional, despite a strong backlash from certain interest groups, who, in a show of public umbrage, burnt her effigy.<ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref>

After her retirement, she was appointed to the [[National Human Rights Commission of India|National Human Rights Commission]]. She is an honorary fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and an honorary bencher of Lincoln's Inn, London. She is also a patron of the [[Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal]].<ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z Website - Bombay High Court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021957/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI3JnBhZ2Vubz0z |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref>

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