Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel (born 13 March 1960) is a retired Indian judge. Presently, he is serving as the Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal. He is a former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court and Judge of Jharkhand High Court and Gujarat High Court.
Early life and education Patel was born on 13 March 1960. He completed his B.Sc from M. G. Science college, Ahmedabad in 1979 and M.Sc from University school of Science in 1981, he also did LL.B and LL.M from L.A. Shah Law College in 1984 and 1986 respectively. He was enrolled as an advocate on 27 July 1984 and practiced in the Gujarat High Court at Ahmedabad. He also served as part time lecturer in L.A. Shah Law College for 9 years at both LL.B and LL.M level.
Career He was appointed as Additional central government standing counsel by union government in 1999 and as senior central government standing counsel for Gujarat High Court on 5 July 2001. He was appointed an Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court on 7 March 2004 and Permanent Judge on 25 January 2006. He was transferred as a judge of the Jharkhand High Court on 3 February 2009. In Jharkhand High Court, he served as acting chief justice on four occasions in 2013, 2014 2017-18 and 2019.
In May 2019, Supreme Court collegium recommended his name to be appointed as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and he was elevated as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 7 June 2019. He retired as Delhi High Court's chief justice on 12 March 2022. He was appointed as the Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal even before his retirement as chief justice in March 2022 and formally assumed charge as chairperson of TDSAT on 14 March 2022.
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