Advocate Riyaz Chagla (pictured) whose forte is company law and civil litigation, was one of 14 new judges appointed to the Bombay High Court (BHC). The 47-year-old jurist practised in the BHC for over 23 years and also appeared in the Supreme Court. 
He was appointed on the Union Panel in November 2009 and represented the Central Government in several cases. Chagla was appointed on the State Government Panel in September 2013. As a lawyer he has appeared in civil, constitutional, commercial, corporate, intellectual property, taxation and testamentary cases and also acted as an arbitrator.
He graduated from H. R. College of Commerce and Economics in 1991 and obtained a degree in law in 1993 from Downing College at the University of Cambridge. Chagla enrolled as an advocate in July 1993 joining the chambers of senior counsel Darius Khambata.
Son of Roshan (née Motafram), and eminent lawyer Iqbal Chagla, under whom many senior lawyers have embarked on their career, Riyaz is brother of Rohiqa who is the wife of Cyrus Mistry, industrialist of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and ex-chairman of Tata Sons. The judge’s paternal grandfather Mohammadali Currim (MC) Chagla served in the Bombay High Court as the first chief justice of independent India for 10 years from 1948 to 1958.