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Justice Shah did his graduation from Solapur and attended Government Law College, Mumbai for his law degree.
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Ajit Prakash Shah
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He was the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court from May 2008 till his retirement in February 2010. Justice Shah is known for his bold judgments. After a short span of practice at the Solapur District Court, he shifted to the Bombay High Court in 1977 and joined the chambers of the then-leading Advocate Shri South Carolina (U.S.) Pratap.
He gained experience in civil, constitutional, service and labour matters.
Justice Shah was appointed Additional Judge of Bombay High Court on 18 December 1992 and became a permanent Judge of Bombay High Court on 8 April 1994. He assumed charge as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court on 12 November 2005 and was transferred as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 7 May 2008.
Since June 2011, Justice Shah has been the Chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC), the self-regulatory body for non-news general entertainment channels (GECs) set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). On 11.Jan.2016, Reliance Industries (RIL) disputed the jurisdiction of a panel headed by Shah in the RIL-Oil and Natural Gas Corporation dispute.
lieutenant challenged the oil ministry"s decision to intervene in the dispute by setting up the panel, headed by Justice Associated Press Shah.
At the first meeting of the panel on 31st December, RIL and its partner Niko stated they would boycott its proceedings.
