Vallabhdas Aidan Mohta

Mohta was born in 1933 at Akola. He studied in New English High School, Akola and passed from DAV College, Kanpur. He completed his LL.B. from Nagpur. Besides legal practice he was involved with various social welfare works. Mohta's autobiography is titled Time and Chance.^[2] He became the founder president of Radhadevi Goenka Mahila Mahavidyalaya. In 1974, Mohta was elected as Vice Chairman of the Bar Council of Maharashtra. On 27 April 1979 he was appointed a judge of the Bombay High Court and on 28 September 1994 Mohta was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.^[3] During his tenure of judgeship he recommended the name of Justice Dipak Mishra, Hon'ble Chief Justice of India.^[4]