Venkat Shrinivas Deshpande (11 August 1920―4 February 2013) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.

Career

Deshpande was born in 1920. He passed LL.B. from University College of Law, under Osmania University. At first he was a practitioner of Hyderabad High Court but in 1957 he started practice in the Bombay High Court on Civil and Criminal matters. Deshpande became an Assistant Government Pleader in March 1961 and was appointed a Judge of the Bombay High Court on 11 June 1967.[1] He worked as acting Chief Justice in 1980 and thereafter was permanently elevated as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 12 January 1981 after Justice B. N. Deshmukh. After retirement Deshpande also worked as Maharashtra Lokayukta[2] till 26 September 1989.[3]

References

  1. ↑ High Court of Bombay, Hon'ble Former Chief Justices. "CHIEF JUSTICE MR. VENKAT SHRINIVAS DESHPANDE". bombayhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Former Chief Justice of Bombay high court V S Deshpande passes away | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "About Us". lokayukta.maharashtra.gov.in. Lokayukta Maharashtra. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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