Sugnya Kamalashanker Bhatt (25 March 1941 – 10 February 2022) was an Indian judge of the Gujarat High Court.[1]
Biography
editBorn in the British Raj, she was the first woman to be elevated to the post of Additional Judge in the Gujarat High Court on 17 October 1994.[2][1] She was transferred to the Kerala High Court and required to join on 4 November 1994 which she did not. So she ceased to be a judge on 2 January 1995.[1] She headed a commission for the inquiry in the 2013 Gujarat surveillance case which ended in October 2014 before its completion of work following a petition.[3][4][5]
She also headed the Backward Classes Commission of Gujarat.[6]
Bhatt died from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome at a private hospital in Ahmedabad, where she was being treated for COVID-19, on 10 February 2022, at the age of 80.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "High Court of Gujarat". gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Gujarat HC has had only 6 women judges in 50 years". dna. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Snoopgate: Gujarat HC sets aside notification appointing Justice Sugnya Bhatt Commission to conduct probe". The Economic Times. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Gujarat government spent Rs 50 lakh on 'snoopgate' probe commission". The Economic Times. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Snoopgate investigation cancelled by Gujarat high court". Live Mint. PTI. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Patidar body seeks permanent backward class panel". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Gujarat OBC commission chairperson Sugnya Bhatt dies of Covid". The Indian Express. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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