Akil Kureshi
{{short description|Former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| birth_name = Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi
| office = Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
| termstart = 12 October 2021
| termend = 6 March 2022
| nominator = N. V. Ramana
| appointer = Ram Nath Kovind
| office1 = Chief Justice of Tripura High Court
| termstart1 = 16 November 2019
| termend1 = 11 October 2021
| appointer1 = Ram Nath Kovind
| nominator1 = Ranjan Gogoi
| office2 = Judge of Bombay High Court
| appointer2 = Ram Nath Kovind
| nominator2 = Ranjan Gogoi
| term_start2 = 14 November 2018
| term_end2 = 15 November 2019
| office3 = Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
| appointer3 = Ram Nath Kovind
| termstart3 = 2 November 2018
| termend3 = 13 November 2018
| office4 = Judge of Gujarat High Court
| appointer4 = A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
| nominator4 = V. N. Khare
| termstart4 = 7 March 2004
| termend4 = 1 November 2018
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|03|07|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Gujarat
}}
Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (born 7 March 1960) is an Indian judge. He is former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as Judge of Bombay High Court and Gujarat High Court, of which he has also served as an Acting Chief Justice.
Career
Justice Kureshi passed B.Sc. (Mathematics) in 1980 and LL.B. in 1983. He joined the Bar and started his legal practice in the Gujarat High Court from July 1983. He was appointed the Additional Central Government Standing Counsel from March 1992 to March 1998 and the Additional Counsel for the Income-tax Department in January 2000 where he represented Income Tax Department in the Gujarat High Court up to December 2001. He was appointed an additional judge of the Gujarat High Court on 7 March 2004 and became a permanent judge on 12 August 2005.{{cite web |url= https://thc.nic.in/CJprofile.html|title= HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AKIL KURESHI|publisher= High Court of Tripura|access-date= 11 October 2021}}
Kureshi was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat on 2 November 2018. He was transferred to the Bombay High Court on 14 November 2018.{{Cite web|title=Shri. AKIL KURESHI|url=https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/jshowpuisne.php?bhcpar=amdldGlkPTQxNCZwYWdlbm89MjE=|publisher=High Court of Bombay|url-status=live|access-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506130201/https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/jshowpuisne.php?bhcpar=amdldGlkPTQxNCZwYWdlbm89MjE= |archive-date=6 May 2021 }} He took oath as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court on 16 November 2019.{{Cite web|title=Breaking: Centre notifies appointment of Justice Akil Kureshi as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/centre-notifies-appointment-of-justice-akil-kureshi-as-chief-justice-of-tripura-high-court|access-date=2021-05-06|website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news|language=en}}
On 9 October 2021, he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court and took oath on 12 October 2021.{{cite web |url= https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/centre-appoints-justice-akil-kureshi-chief-justice-rajasthan-high-court-183483|title= Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Akil Kureshi As The Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High Court|last= Upadhyay |first= Sparsh| date= 9 October 2021|publisher= LiveLaw |access-date= 11 October 2021}}{{cite web |url= https://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/Transfer%20Order%20of%20Shri%20Justice%20A%20A%20Kureshi%2C%20CJ%2C%20Tripura%20HC%20as%20CJ%20Rajasthan%20HC%20%2809.10.2021.pdf|title= Transfer Order of Shri Justice A A Kureshi, CJ, Tripura HC as CJ Rajasthan HC|date= 9 October 2021|publisher= Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice|access-date= 11 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/justice-akil-kureshi-takes-oath-as-the-new-chief-justice-of-rajasthan-high-court/article36958981.ece |title=Justice Akil Kureshi takes oath as the new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court |date=12 October 2021 |publisher= The Hindu |access-date= 23 October 2021}}