On 18 June 2001 , Mehta was elevated to the post of additional judge of the Gujarat High Court . On 14 December 2007 , he retired from this post . After the death of Justice K. G. Shah , who was a member of the Nanavati-Shah commission appointed to probe the Godhra train burning and the subsequent riots in the state , on 5 April 2008 , the Gujarat High Court appointed Mehta to the commission
Godhra train burning
Godhra train burning
Akshay H. Mehta