Sugnya Bhatt

Sugnya Kamalashanker Bhatt (25 March 1941 – 10 February 2022) was an Indian judge of the Gujarat High Court.[1]

Biography

Born 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
  1. "High Court of Gujarat". gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. "Gujarat HC has had only 6 women judges in 50 years". dna. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. "Snoopgate: Gujarat HC sets aside notification appointing Justice Sugnya Bhatt Commission to conduct probe". The Economic Times. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. "Gujarat government spent Rs 50 lakh on 'snoopgate' probe commission". The Economic Times. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. "Snoopgate investigation cancelled by Gujarat high court". Live Mint. PTI. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. "Patidar body seeks permanent backward class panel". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. "Gujarat OBC commission chairperson Sugnya Bhatt dies of Covid". The Indian Express. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.