Patel was born in 1950 . He was enrolled as an Advocate on 27 August 1974 and started practice on Civil , Criminal and Constitutional matters in the District Courts and the High Court at Nagpur Bench . Patel was also served as a teacher in University College of Law . On 20 April 1987 , he was appointed as a Judge of the City Civil Court . He was appointed as Designated Judge in TADA Court , the Special Court constituted for the trial of 1993 Bombay bombings case . He became the Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on 11 March 1996 and permanent Judge on 7 January 1997 . Being the senior most judge he served as acting Chief Justice of Bombay High court after Chief Justice Anil Dave was elevated as judge of the Supreme Court of India . In 2010 Justice Patel became the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court and retired on 5 October 2012 . After retirement he became the head of the Judicial Commission of 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence
1993 Bombay bombings
1993 Bombay bombings
Jai Narayan Patel