Sugnya Bhatt
Sugnya Kamalashanker Bhatt (25 March 1941 – 10 February 2022) was an Indian judge of the Gujarat High Court.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born in the British Raj, she was the first woman to be nominated as additional judge in the Gujarat High Court on 17 October 1994.[2][1] She was transferred to the Kerala High Court and required to join on 4 November 1994 which she did not. So she ceased to be a judge on 2 January 1995.[1] She headed a commission for the inquiry in the 2013 Gujarat surveillance case which ended in October 2014 before its completion of work following a petition.[3][4][5]
She also headed the State Commission of Backward Classes in Gujarat.[6]
Bhatt died from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome at a private hospital in Ahmedabad, while being treated for COVID-19, on 10 February 2022, at the age of 80.[7]
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