Jaishanker Manilal Shelat

Hon'ble Mr. Justice
Jaishanker Manilal Shelat
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jaishanker Manilal Shelat
Judge, Supreme Court of India
	In office; 24 February 1966 – 30 April 1973
Appointed by	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3rd Chief Justice; of the High Court of Gujarat
	In office; 23 May 1963 – 24 February 1966
Appointed by	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Preceded by	Kantilal Thakoredas Desai
Succeeded by	Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai Miabhoy
Judge, 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 Supreme Court of India from February 1966 to April 1973. Before that, he served as the third Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat serving from May 1963 till his elevation to the Supreme Court.[1][2]

Education

Shelat initially studied at Jubilee Institution in Umreth. He got his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English literature from Elphinstone College, 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 Bar at Inner Temple in 1933 and shifted to India soon after. Shelat became a Judge at the Bombay City Civil Court and an Additional Sessions Judge for Greater Bombay in September 1948. He was appointed an Additional Judge of 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In April 1973, Shelat was the seniormost Supreme Court judge followed by A. N. Grover and K. S. Hegde who were superseded by Justice A. N. Ray in being named as the Chief Justice of India.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

Akbar. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. 1964. pp. viii+396.
Secularism, Principles and Application. Bombay: N. M. Tripathi Private Ltd. 1972. pp. xiv+144.

References

"Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jaishanker Manilal Shelat". High Court of Gujarat. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
"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.

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[GujaratHC-1] "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jaishanker Manilal Shelat". High Court of Gujarat. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[SupremeCourtOfIndia-2] "Former Chief Justice & Judges". Supreme Court of India. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[LondonThesis-3] 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.

[Lexsite-4] "Long March of The Supreme Court Bar Association". www.lexsite.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2017.