Rekhaben Doshit likely to become first woman CJ of Patna HC

According to reports published in section of media, Gujarat’s Justice Rekhaben Manharlal Doshit, the senior most judge of the Gujarat High Court has been recommended by the collegium to become the next Chief Justice of the Patna High Court. She will become the first woman to head the court which exercises its jurisdiction over Bihar.

Justice Doshit was admitted to the bar in 1977. After practicing in the Gujarat High Court she was made an Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court in 1995 and made permanent two years hence. Sources inform that the present Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, Dipak Misra, may be transferred to the Delhi High Court as Chief Justice.