Chancellor

Hon’ble Shri Justice Alpesh Y. Kogje

Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice, High Court of Madhya Pradesh & Chancellor, Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur.

Hon’ble Shri Justice Alpesh Y. Kogje was born on 16th July, 1969. Passed B.Sc. (Chemistry) in 1990 and LL.B. in 1993. Joined the Bar and started legal practice in 1993.

Was appointed as Assistant Government Pleader in 2001 and Additional Public Prosecutor in 2002. Continued to work as such till 2007.

Was appointed as a Special Public Prosecutor for Special Investigation Team in the Gujarat High Court on 07.06.2011. Also appointed as a Special Counsel, Special Task Force for the cases investigated/inquired by the Special Task Force.

Was appointed as Standing Counsel for Central Excise and Customs Department on 17.09.2008.

Handled a large number of important matters arising from the 2002 Godhra riots. Also appeared regularly in the High Court in various fields, including Special Civil Applications, Service and Non-Service matters, and Criminal matters.

Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Gujarat and took charge as such on 06.04.2016. Confirmed as a Permanent Judge on 15.03.2018.

His Lordship took oath as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on 10.09.2026.