[Cong. (I) – Bombay North Central (Maharashtra)]

Place of Birth

Marital Status

Spouse’s Name

Children

Educational Qualifications

Profession

Permanent Address

Present Address

Positions held

1972-78

1974-75

1974-78

1975-78

1976-77

1980-85

July, 1980 to Jan., 1985

1984

1984-89

1991

Books published

Special Interests

Favourite Pastime
and Recreation

Countries visited

Other Information

Bombay (Maharashtra)

Married

Smt. Vasanti Sharad Dighe

Three daughters and one son

B.A., LL.B.
Educated at Elphinstone College, Bombay and Government Law College, Bombay

Advocate

6, Sahayog Kashinath Dhuru Road, Dadar, Bombay (Maharashtra). Tel. 4226780, 4224913

4, Dr, B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001. Tel. 3782603

Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Member, Panel of Chairmen, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Secretary, Congress Legislature Party, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Speaker, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)

Member, Panel of Chairmen, Lok Sabha

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)

Law on Protected Licences’ ‘Election System of American President’, ‘Law on Parliamentary Privileges and the Press’, ‘Parliamentary Privileges of Parliament’ and State Legislatures in India’

Law and parliamentary affairs

Gardening and music

Widely travelled; Member, Maharashtra Legislature Study tour on election process in the United States, October 1980; Member, Maharashtra Legislature Delegation, 27th CPC held in Fiji, October 1981; Symposium organised by Sri Lanka Branch of CPA, June 1981; 28th CPC held in Bahamas, October 1982; OISCA Conference held in Japan, September 1982; 30th CPC held in Isle of Man, London, UK, Sep. Oct. 1984; Parliamentary Delegation to Finland; Population Control Study tour to China and Anti-Racial Delegation to Australia, Canada and UK 1984-89.

Took part in Samyukta Maharashtra Movement and courted arrest; Member, Senate, University of Bombay, 1975-77; Bombay Metropolitan Board, 1976-78; Maharashtra Law Commission, March 1977-June 1980; President, P.S.P. Cooperative Housing Society; Ex-President, Central Bank Employees Union, United Commercial Bank Employees Union, Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank Employees Union; Vice-President, Federation of Bank Employees Union and All India Central Bank Employees Union; General Secretary, G-Ward Tenants’ Association and Federation of Tenants’ Association, Bombay.