The Centre has appointed Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai to head the 8th pay commission after the union cabinet approved the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the commission on October 28.

Justice Desai held important positions post her retirement as one of the positions was when she had been named as head of a five member panel to frame Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Gujarat.

Ranjana Prakash Desai was born on October 30, 1949. She attended Elphinstone College in 1970 and earned Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the Government Law College, Bombay in 1973. She joined the legal career on July 30, 1973.

Desai worked as a junior of Justice Pratap when he was at the bar where she got the opportunity to appear in several civil and criminal matters. She also worked with her father Shri S.G. Sam

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