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.^[2]^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[3]^[4]^[5]

She also headed the Backward Classes Commission of Gujarat.^[6]

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.^[7]

Biography

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