Justice Sunita Agarwal sworn in as 29th Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: July 26 2023

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Justice Sunita Agarwal was on Sunday sworn in as the 29th Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court. She is the second woman CJ of the Gujarat High Court.
She is the second woman to hold this position in the court's history.
The Supreme Court collegium had, on July 5, proposed the appointment of Justice Agarwal as the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court.
She would be the only woman chief justice of an HC as presently there is no woman among the chief justices of the high courts in the country.
Before her, Justice Sonia Gokani was Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court for a few days till her retirement on February 25, 2023, after which Justice AJ Desai was serving as the acting CJ.