Hosbet Suresh
| Hosbet Suresh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 July 1929 Hosbet, Karnataka |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | High court judge in Bombay |
Hosbet Suresh (born 20 July 1929) is a former judge of the Bombay High Court who has led a number of commissions that investigated violations of human rights.
Hosbet Suresh was born in Hosbet, Karnataka on 20 July 1929. He attended Mangalore University for his B.A. and then the Visvesvaraya Technological University in Belgaum for his M.A. He went on to Bombay University to obtain his LL.M. On 30 November 1953 he enrolled as an Advocate of the Bombay High Court, practicing on both the appellate and the original sides of the court. Between 1960 and 1965 he was a part-time professor of Law at the Government Law College, Bombay. From 1965 to 1968 he was a part-time professor of Law at K.C. Law College, Bombay.
From 1967 to 1968 Suresh was Assistant Government Pleader in the Bombay City Civil & Sessions Court. On 29 November 1968 he was appointed a judge of the Bombay City Court and Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay. In October 1979 he was promoted to Second Additional Principal Judge of the Bombay City Civil & Sessions Court. On 23 June 1980 he resigned from this position and began to practice as an advocate at the Bombay High Court. In 1982 he was designated Senior Advocate of the High Court.
Returning to the judiciary, on 21 November 1986 Suresh took office as Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court, and on 12 June 1987 was appointed permanent Judge of the Bombay High Court. He retired from the High Court on 19 July 1991.
Suresh and Justice Tiwatia were appointing in December 1991 to investigate the Kaveri Riots in Bangalore. Suresh and Siraj Mehfuz Daud were appointed by the Indian People's Human Rights Commission to investigate the Bombay riots that had taken place in December 1992 and January 1993, publishing their findings in a 1993 report titled The People's Verdict. The report indicts the police, the government and political leaders. In August 1995 Suresh issued a report titled "Forced Evictions - An Indian People's Tribunal Enquiry into the Brutal Demolitions of Pavement and Slum Dwellers' Homes". The report documented the use of brutal and indiscriminate force against slum dwellers in Mumbai.
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