Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale


Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale is currently Judicial Member of Lokpal Committee since 23 March 2019. He will retire from the post till 70 years of age. He was the former Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad from July 2016 to October 2018.

Background

Bhosale hails from Satara district of Maharashtra. He comes from a prominent family. His father Babasaheb Bhosale was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1982 to 83 while his uncle Shivajirao was the Vice-Chancellor of Marathwada University situated at Aurangabad. Justice Bhosale studied law at Government Law College, Mumbai.

Career

He joined the Bar in June 1980 when he began practice at the High Court of Bombay. Bhosale was an Assistant Government Pleader and Assistant Public Prosecutor at the court from 1986 to 1991. He was appointed an Additional Judge at the Bombay High Court in January 2001 and promoted to be a Permanent Judge two years later. Beginning 2012, Bhosale was made a sitting Judge at the High Court of Karnataka.
On 30 July 2016, he was promoted to Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.
On 23 October 2018, he was retired from High Court.

Notable judgements