Justice Abhay Oka becomes President of Indian Law Society

Former Supreme Court Justice Abhay S Oka has become the President of the Indian Law Society (ILS).

He took charge on September 1. The society runs ILS Law College in Pune.

Justice Oka holds a B.Sc. and an LL.M. from the University of Bombay. He enrolled as an advocate in 1983 and began practising in the Thane District Court. He became an additional judge of the Bombay High Court in 2003 and a permanent judge in 2005.

In May 2019, he took oath as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. He was elevated to the Supreme Court in August 2021 and retired on May 24, 2025.