Ranjana Desai
| Ranjana Desai | |
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| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
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In office 13 September 2011 – 29 October 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 October 1949 |
| Spouse(s) | Prakash Desai |
Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai is former judge of the Supreme Court of India.[1] She served as a Judge of Supreme Court of India from 13 September 2011 to 29 October 2014. Now, she has been appointed as Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity and assumed the charge on 1 December 2014.
Early life
She was born on 30 October 1949 to criminal lawyer S. G. Samant.
She completed her Bachelor of Arts from the Elphinstone College in 1970 and Bachelor of Laws from the Government Law College, Bombay in 1973.
Notable judgements
On 27 September 2013, in a landmark judgement, a three-judge bench consisting of the Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Justice Ranjan Gogoi of the Supreme Court of India ruled that the right to register a "none of the above" vote in elections should apply. The court said that Negative voting would lead to systemic change in polls and political parties will be forced to project clean candidates.[2] The Election Commission has said that the judgement will be implemented immediately.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai". Supreme court of india official website. Supreme Court of India. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ↑ "Highlights of SC judgement giving NOTA". 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ↑ Jain, Bharti (27 September 2013). "Will implement voters' right to reject candidates straight away: Election Commission". Times of India. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
- ↑ "Voters have right to reject, poll panel must give them option, says Supreme Court". Hindustan Times. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-27.