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