Details of References given in the honour of late Hon'ble Judges/Dignitaries and Advocates of Bombay High Court
since the year 1955


SR.NO.
Name of the Hon'ble Judges/Advocate General of Maharashtra And 
Senior Counsels/Advocates

Date of Reference     

HONOURABLE JUDGES                    
1
Mr. Rajadhyaksha, Former Judge 10th February 1955
2
R. S. Bavdekar, Former Judge
20th October 1961
3
Khan, Former Judge
1971
4
K. T. Desai, Retd. Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
1st February 1977
5
S. R. Das, Former Chief Justice of India
18th September 1977
6
N. A. Mody, Former Judge 11th December 1984
7
M. P. Kanade, Former Judge 18th June 1985
8
D. V. Vyas, Former Judge 5th July 1985
9
J. L. Nain, Former Judge 16th December 1985
10
S. P. Kotwal, Former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
10th March 1987
11
J. R. Vimadalal, Former Judge 2nd August 1988
12
V. S. Desai, Former Judge 26th April 1989
13
V. A. Naik, Former Judge 31st July 1989
14
Sabyasachi Mukherji, Former Chief Justice of India
28th September 1990
15
G. A. Paunikar, Former Judge 5th February 1991
16
R. M. Kantawala, Former Chief Justice
15th June 1992
17
S. T. Desai, Former Judge, 1st Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
18th June 1992
18
Mohammad Hidayatullah, Former Chief Justice of India
28th September 1992
19
M. S. Apte, Former Judge 8th October 1992
20
S. M. Sikri, Former Chief Justice of India
9th October 1992
21
Rajaram R. Bhole, Former Judge 25th August 1993
22
N. P. Nathwani, Former Judge 6th September 1993
23
H. D. Patel, Former Judge 15th April 1994
24
B. A. Masodkar, Former Judge 27th June 1994
25
D. P. Madon, Former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
30th June 1994
26
K. K. Desai, Former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
11th January 1995
27
M. V. Paranjape, Former Judge 7th June 1995
28
M. G. Chitale, Former Judge 27th June 1996
29
K. M. Reddy, Former Chief Justice
7th October 1997
30
S. G. Patwardhan, Former Judge 7th October 1997
31
N. B. Naik & P.V. Nirgudkar, Former Judges 17th October 1997
32
V. V. Kamat, Former Judge 8th December 1997
33
N. K. Parekh, Former Judge 27th April 1998
34
N. D. Vyas, Former Judge 18th September 1998
35
R. S. Bhonsale, Former Judge 16th June 1999
36
S. J. Deshpande, Former Judge 29th October 1999
37
Bakhtavar B. Lentin, Former Judge 26th April 2000
38
S. S. Dani, Former Judge 9th June 2000
39
M. G. Chaudhari, Former Judge 16th January 2001
40
M. D. Kambli, Former Judge 23rd October 2001
41
D. N. Mehta, Former Judge 23rd July 2003
42
M. N. Chandurkar, Former Chief Justice
11th March 2004
43
V. M. Tarkunde, Former Judge 31st March 2004
44
P. D. Desai, Former Judge 14th June 2004
45
V. D. Tulzapurkar, Former Judge 12th October 2004
46
D. G. Palekar, Former Supreme Court Judge
8th February 2005
47
N. J. Pandya, Former Judge 11th February 2005
48
B. U. Wahane, Former Judge 6th September 2005
49
P. S. Malvankar, Former Judge 24th January 2006
50
V. V. Joshi, Former Judge 24th January 2006
51
S. B. Bhasme, Former Judge 24th January 2006
52
A. A. Desai, Former Judge, Chief Justice of Uttaranchal High Court
14th March 2006
53
D. V. Patel, Former Judge 24th April 2006
54
M. L. Dudhat, Former Judge 19th October 2006
55
M. M. Qazi, Former Judge 10th July 2007
56
N. D. Kamat, Former Judge 11th March 2008
57
A. M. Bhattacharjee, Former Judge Two Minutes silence
observed on 27.3.2008
58
V. P. Salve, Former Judge
59
B. N. Deshmukh, Former Judge 25th March 2008
60
N. L. Abhyankar, Former Judge 2nd April 2008
61
K. G. Shah, Former Judge 10th June 2008
62
A. B. Palkar, Former Judge 3rd July 2008
63
Y. V. Chandrachud, Former Chief Justice of India
23rd July 2008
64
C. T. Dighe, Former Judge 10th June 2009
65
S. M. Daud, Former Judge 13th July 2010
66
R. A. Jahagirdar, Former Judge 29th March 2011
67
B. P. Saraf, Former Judge 18th July 2012
68
S. C. Pratap, Former Judge 7th December 2012
69
V. S. Deshpande, Former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court 11th March 2013
14th March 2013
70
B. M. Sapre, Former Judge 26th June 2013
71
D. M. Rege, Former Judge 13th August 2013
72
H. W. Dhabe, Former Judge 6th September 2013
73
M. L. Pendse, Former Judge
10th January 2014
74
S. N. Khatri, Former Judge 30th July 2014
75
M. S. Jamdar, Former Judge 19th November 2014
76
G. D. Kamat, Former Judge, Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
24th February 2015
77
A. D. Tated, Former Judge 26th June 2015
78
S. H. Kapadia, Former Chief Justice of India
8th February 2016
79
M. H. Kania, Former Chief Justice of India
11th February 2016
80
W. M. Sambre, Former Judge
22nd July 2016
81
S. B. Mhase, Former Judge
4th October 2017
82
H. H. Kantharia, Former Judge
18th April 2018
83
V. A. Mohta, Former Chief Justice of Orrisa High Court
27th September 2018
84
C. S. Dharmadhikari, Former Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
24th January 2019
85
A. C. Agarwal, Former Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Former Judge & Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
20th March 2019
86
V. G. Palshikar, Former Judge of Rajasthan High Court & Former Judge & Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
12th July 2019
87
D. G. Deshpande, Former Judge
4th October 2019
88
V. R. Datar, Former Judge
17th January 2020
89
B. N. Naik, Former Judge
7th February 2020
90
B. N. Deshmukh, Former Judge 18th September 2020
91 Hosbet Suresh, Former Judge 27th April 2021
92 P. B. Sawant, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India & Former Judge of the Bombay High Court
29th April 2021
93 J. A. Patil, Former Judge
30th April 2021
94 K. K. Baam, Former Judge
6th May 2021
95 M. K. Mukherjee, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Former Chief Justices of Allahabad &                                                    Bombay High Courts & Former Judge of the Calcutta High Court
7th May 2021
96 G. D. Patil, Former Judge & Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Bombay
21st June 2021
97 J. G. Chitre, Former Judge
30th July 2021
98 J. H. Bhatia, Former Judge
2nd August 2021
99 P. S. Shah, Former Judge
2nd September 2021
100 A. B. Naik, Former Judge
7th September 2021
101 B. B. Vagyani, Former Judge
14th September 2021
102 G. F. Couto, Former Judge
18th September 2021
103 S. D. Pandit, Former Judge
6th October 2021
104 D. R. Dhanuka, Former Judge
16th November 2021
105 R. D. Tulpule, Former Judge
4th February 2022
106 S. K. Shah, Former Judge
8th February 2022
107 V. P. Tipnis, Former Judge
11th February 2022
108 P. S. Brahme, Former Judge
14th February 2022
109 G. G. Loney, Former Judge
21st April 2022
110 S. C. Malte, Former Judge
4th May 2022
111 R. S. Mohite, Former Judge
29th June 2022
112 G. H. Guttal, Former Judge
17th October 2022
113 A. V. Mohta, Former Judge
24th February 2023
114 I. G. Shah, Former Judge
2nd May 2023
115 M. S. Rane, Former Judge
8th February 2024
116 S. G. Mutalik & V. R. Kingaonkar, Former Judges
27th August 2024
117 R. G. Sindhakar, Former Judge
4th February 2025
118 S. Radhakrishnan, Former Judge
18th February 2025
119 N. P.  Chapalgaonkar, Former Judge
20th March 2025
120 D. J. Moharir, Former Judge
26th March 2025
121 Eurico Da Silva, Former Judge
17th July  2025

ADVOCATES, ADVOCATE GENERAL AND SENIOR COUNSEL OF MAHARASHTRA

1
M. K. Gandhi, Advocate 2nd February 1948
2
Ratanlal Ranchhoddas, Senior Advocate 26th September 1955
3
P. B. Shingne, Advocate
30th March 1960
4
M. L. Manekshaw, Advocate 23rd October 1972
5
M. C. Setalvad, Advocate 5th August 1974
6
P. G. Phadke,,Advocate 5th September 1975
7
C. K. Daphtary, Advocate
21st February 1983
8
P. R. Mridul, Advocate
27th September 1984
9
P. D. Kamerkar, Advocate
8th June 1988
10
F. N. Kaka, Advocate
17th July 1988
11
V. H. Gumaste, Senior Advocate
1st August 1988
12
R. Mathalone, Senior Member of Bar
4th October 1989
13
R. B. Kotwal, Advocate 22nd January 1990
14
S. P. Mehta, Advocate 9th March 1990
15
H. K. Shah, Advocate 19th March 1990
16
H. G. Advani, Senior Counsel
F. J. Taleyarkhan, Advocate
20th June 1991
21st June 1991

17
J. I. Mehta, Senior Counsel
17th August 1994
18
Dilip Dwarkadas, Senior Advocate
27th April 1995
19
Karl J. Khandalavala, Senior Counsel
23rd January 1996
20
H. M. Seervai, Former Advocate General
1st February 1996
21
R. G. Bhadekar, Senior Advocate
5th April 2002
22
Nani A. Palkhiwala, Eminent Jurist
19th December 2002
23
Khatu S. Cooper, Pre-eminent Advocate
7th April 2004
24
K. H. Bhabha, Senior Counsel
30th June 2004
25
N. H.Gursahani, Senior Counsel
31st August 2005
26
Arvind S. Bobde, Former  Advocate General
16th December 2005
27
Ramrao V. Adik, Former Advocate General
19th September 2007
28
Barrister Babasaheb Bhosale, Advocate & Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
25th October 2007
29
K. J. Abhyankar, Senior Advocate 27th March 2008
30
M. A. Rane, Senior Counsel
25th November 2008
31
V. T. Walawalkar, Senior Advocate
4th December 2008
32
Mahendra H. Shah, Senior Advocate
2nd July 2009
33
C. G. Madkholkar, Senior Advocate
18th February 2010
34
A. M. Setalvad, Senior Advocate 12th October 2010
35
N. B. Shetye, Senior Advocate 25th November 2010
36
Pravin Wagh, Advocate
1st December 2011
37
C. R. Dalvi, Senior Advocate 11th April 2012
38
K. K. Singhvi, Senior Advocate 25th April 2012
39
Bal Apte, Senior Advocate 23rd November 2012
40
G. E. Vahanvati, Former Attorney General for India
9th October 2014
41
S. H. Doctor, Senior Advocate 10th June 2016
42
C. J. Sawant, Former Advocate General Of Maharashtra 2nd September 2016
43
Anil B. Divan, Senior Advocate 7th April 2017
44
T. R. Andhyarujina, Former Solicitor General of India 12th April 2017
45
S. R. Chitnis, Senior Advocate 19th April 2017
46
V. T. Tulpule, Advocate
17th November 2017
47
P. K. Pandit, Senior Advocate 14th March 2018
48
C. G. Solshe, Advocate
28th August 2018
49
V. B. Ghatge, Advocate
4th October 2018
50
S. M. Godsay, Advocate
16th April 2019
51 P. M. Shah, Senior Advocate 22nd January 2021
52 Nanasaheb Shinde, Advocate & Ex-President High Court Bar Association, Aurangabad
25th January 2021
53 Ashok Desai, Senior Advocate & Former Attorney General of India
8th June 2021
54 Soli Sorabjee, Senior Advocate & Former Attorney General of India
10th June 2021
55 P. R. Deshmukh, Senior Advocate 19th June 2021
56 V. G. Gangapurwala, Advocate & Former President of Advocates' Association of Bombay High Court
16th February 2022
57 D. S. Parikh, Senior Advocate 8th March 2022
58 K. H. Deshpande, Senior Advocate 22nd April 2022
59 K. G. Navandar, Senior Advocate 22nd July 2022
60 Rajani Iyer, Senior Advocate 15th September 2022
61 J. B. Chinai, Senior Advocate 20th June 2023
62 M. S. Usgaocar, Senior Advocate 14th July 2023
63 B. R. Zaiwalla, Senior Advocate 21st February 2024
64 Fali S. Nariman, Senior Advocate 14th March 2024
65 Iqbal M. Chagla, Senior Advocate 6th February 2025
66 Sanjay Singhvi, Senior Advocate 17th June 2025