The Centre has appointed Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai to head the 8th pay commission after the union cabinet approved the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the commission on October 28.
Justice Desai held important positions post her retirement as one of the positions was when she had been named as head of a five member panel to frame Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Gujarat.
Who Is Ranjana Prakash Desai?
Ranjana Prakash Desai was born on October 30, 1949. She attended Elphinstone College in 1970 and earned Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the Government Law College, Bombay in 1973. She joined the legal career on July 30, 1973.
Desai worked as a junior of Justice Pratap when he was at the bar where she got the opportunity to appear in several civil and criminal matters. She also worked with her father Shri S.G. Samant who was an eminent criminal lawyer. She was appointed as Government Pleader in 1979.
Justice Desai also contributed as Special Public Prosecutor for preventive detention matters in 1986.
Later, Justice Desai was elevated to the Bench of Bombay High Court on April 15, 1996. She was elevated as a Judge of Supreme Court of India on 13.09.2011. Retired on 29.10.2014
