Sugnya Bhatt
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Sugnya Kamalashanker Bhatt (25 March 1941 – 10 February 2022) was an Indian judge of the Gujarat High Court.{{Cite web|title=High Court of Gujarat|url=http://gujarathighcourt.nic.in/cjjfull?jid=519|access-date=2018-09-17|website=gujarathighcourt.nic.in|language=en}}
Biography
Born in the British Raj, she was the first woman to be elevated to the post of Additional Judge in the Gujarat High Court on 17 October 1994.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-gujarat-hc-has-had-only-6-women-judges-in-50-years-1660180|title=Gujarat HC has had only 6 women judges in 50 years|date=2012-03-09|work=dna|access-date=2018-09-04|language=en-US}} She was transferred to the Kerala High Court and required to join on 4 November 1994 which she did not. So she ceased to be a judge on 2 January 1995. She headed a commission for the inquiry in the 2013 Gujarat surveillance case which ended in October 2014 before its completion of work following a petition.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/snoopgate-gujarat-hc-sets-aside-notification-appointing-justice-sugnya-bhatt-commission-to-conduct-probe/articleshow/44772249.cms|title=Snoopgate: Gujarat HC sets aside notification appointing Justice Sugnya Bhatt Commission to conduct probe|date=2014-10-10|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-09-04}}{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/gujarat-government-spent-rs-50-lakh-on-snoopgate-probe-commission/articleshow/48547467.cms|title=Gujarat government spent Rs 50 lakh on 'snoopgate' probe commission|date=2015-08-19|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-09-04}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/1FG66y82H9uyxwhwpJQ3zO/Snoopgate-investigation-cancelled-by-Gujarat-high-court.html|title=Snoopgate investigation cancelled by Gujarat high court|date=2014-10-10|work=Live Mint|access-date=2018-09-04|agency=PTI}}
She also headed the Backward Classes Commission of Gujarat.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/patidar-body-seeks-permanent-backward-class-panel/articleshow/65329996.cms|title=Patidar body seeks permanent backward class panel|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-09-04}}
Bhatt died from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome at a private hospital in Ahmedabad, where she was being treated for COVID-19, on 10 February 2022, at the age of 80.{{Cite news|date=2022-02-10|title=Gujarat OBC commission chairperson Sugnya Bhatt dies of Covid|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/gandhinagar/gujarat-obc-commission-chairperson-sugnya-bhatt-dies-covid-7765554/|access-date=2022-02-10|work=The Indian Express|language=en}}
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