Hon'ble Ms. Justice (Retd.)
Rekha Dikshit
Judge of Allahabad High Court
In office
15 November 2016 – 9 August 2021
Nominated byT. S. Thakur
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Personal details
Born (1959-08-10) 10 August 1959
Alma materAgra University

Rekha Dikshit (born 10 August 1959) is a former judge of Allahabad High Court, in Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] She has been the trial judge in several notable cases, including the case of Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum, a controversial case concerning the payment of maintenance to Muslim women in India, as well as the Taj Corridor case and the Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam.[2][3][4]

Life

Dikshit studied law at Agra University, and graduated in 1981.[1] She is married to Pradeep Dubey, a lawyer who has acted as an advisor to the Governor of Uttar Pradesh and as principal secretary to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[2]

Career

Dikshit was appointed as a Principal Sessions Judge in 1984, and was promoted to District and Sessions Judge in 2013.[1]

In 1988, Dikshit was a judicial magistrate in Lucknow and tried the case of Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum, ruling that the respondent, Shah Bano, was entitled to maintenance payments from her husband.[2] The ruling was affirmed by the Allahabad High Court and Supreme Court, and later resulted in the enactment of The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986.[5]

Dikshit also served as the district judge in Rae Bareli and Kanpur, and as a special judge in Lucknow in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Court for the investigation into the Taj Corridor case and the Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam.[4][2][3][6]

She was appointed to the Allahabad High Court as an additional judge on 15 November 2016, and became a permanent judge on 23 March 2018.[1][7][8]

As a High Court judge, Dikshit has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to conduct an inquiry into allegations of discrimination in the admission of students who belong to states outside Uttar Pradesh, in Uttar Pradesh medical schools.[9] In 2016, she refused a plea to allow a plea by a Bharatiya Janata Party worker to transfer the investigation into the 2015 Dadri mob lynching to the Central Bureau of Investigation, after the Uttar Pradesh police investigation revealed that the rumours that triggered the lynching were false.[10][11] She was retired on 9 August 2021.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Rekha Dikshit". Allahabad High Court.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Subhash Mishra (17 November 2016). "Indian Navy: High court new judge set benchmark with Shah Bano verdict | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "NRHM: 3rd chargesheet filed, PSU boss, 2 firm owners named". The Indian Express. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Taj Corridor case hearing deferred till May 23". DNA India. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "What is Shah Bano case?". The Indian Express. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Seven judicial officers get new postings in Uttar Pradesh". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Supreme Court collegium recommends names of 37 additional high court judges for appointment". Firstpost. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Allahabad High Court gets 11 more judges". The Hindu. 13 November 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Allahabad High Court asks UP to 'look into discrimination against medical students from outside'". Firstpost. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  10. ↑ Staff Reporter (17 November 2016). "Allahabad HC dismisses petition for CBI probe into Dadri lynching". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Dadri Lynching: Allahabad HC dismisses plea for CBI probe". The Indian Express. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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