Chunilal Karsandas Thakker (born 10 November 1943) is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. Justice Thakker was born at Mander near Porbandar in the State of Gujarat. Thakker was appointed as part-time Lecturer in Law in Sir L.A. Shah Law College, Ahmedabad, in 1970 and continued as such until he was elevated to Judge of the High Court of Gujarat on 21 June 1990. He was also Acting Governor of the State of Maharashtra from July to October 2002. Thakker was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 7 June 2004 He has written books Lectures on Administrative Law Civil Procedure and Criminal Procedure which have been appreciated in India as well as in U.S.A. Also revised V. G. Ramchandrans monumental work Law of Writs (1993) and Ratanlals Law of Crimes (2002) (Silver Jubilee Edition).