Born on November 10, 1943, Justice Thakker obtained his LL.B. degree from M.P. Shah Law College, Jamnagar, and his LL.M. degree from Gujarat University. He enrolled as an advocate on 28-2-1968 and started practice in the Gujarat High Court. He also rendered services as an assistant. Government Pleader and Additional Public Prosecutor from December 1975 to 1982. He was also offered a position as a part-time lecturer in law at Sir L.A. Shah Law College, Ahmedabad.
He was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Gujarat in 1990 and was elevated as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh in 2000, and of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in 2001. In 2004, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Justice Thakker was also the Acting Governor of the State of Maharashtra from July 2002 to October 2002.
Justice Thakker has authored several publications for Eastern Book Company, including "Civil Procedure" (the six-volume lawyer's edition and a student's edition) and "Administrative Law" (lawyer's and student's editions). He was also the revising author for the much-acclaimed work, V.G. Ramachandran's "Law of Writs."
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