A. S. Oka

{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1960)}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox judge

| name = Abhay Shreeniwas Oka

| image = Justice AS Oka.jpg

| office = Judge of the Supreme Court of India

| termstart = 31 August 2021

| termend =

| appointer = Ram Nath Kovind

| nominator = N. V. Ramana

| office1 = 30th Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court

| termstart1 = 10 May 2019

| termend1 = 30 August 2021

| appointer1 = Ram Nath Kovind

| nominator1 = Ranjan Gogoi

| predecessor1 = Dinesh Maheshwari
Lingappa Narayana Swamy (acting)

| successor1 = Ritu Raj Awasthi
Satish Chandra Sharma (acting)

| office2 = Judge of the Bombay High Court

| termend2 = 9 May 2019

| termstart2 = 29 August 2003

| nominator2 = V. N. Khare

| appointer2 = A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|5|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = India

| alma_mater = Mumbai University

| nationality = Indian

}}

Abhay Shreeniwas Oka (born 25 May 1960) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of the Karnataka High Court{{Cite web|url=http://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/Orders%20of%20appointment%20of%20Shri%20Justice%20A%20S%20Oka%2C%20Judge%20of%20Bombay%20HC%20as%20CJ%20Karanataka%20HC.pdf|title=Orders of appointment of Shri Justice A S Oka, Judge of Bombay HC as CJ Karanataka HC (30.04.2019)|last=|first=|date=30 April 2019|website=|access-date=30 April 2019}} and judge of the Bombay High Court.

Career

Oka was born on 25 May 1960 and enrolled as an advocate on 28 June 1983. He practiced for 19 years at the Bombay High Court, appellate side, in civil, constitutional, and service matters, specializing in all of them.

He was appointed an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on 29 August 2003 and a permanent judge on 12 November 2005.

He was appointed chief justice of the Karnataka High Court on 30 April 2019 and sworn in on 10 May 2019.

Oka was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 26 August 2021 and took oath on 31 August 2021.

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