Dinesh Maheshwari

Dinesh Maheshwari (born 15 May 1958) is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Ramesh Chandra Maheshwari was an eminent lawyer at Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur.

He was lawyer for the Revenue and Excise Departments of Government of Rajasthan in Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur; Urban Improvement Trust, Jodhpur, Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur; Urban Improvement Trust, Udaipur and Rajasthan Tribal Areas Development Co-Operative Federation, Udaipur and various other Co-operative Banks, Oil Companies, Autonomous Bodies, Boards and Corporations.

After a practice and experience of about 23 years as a lawyer he was elevated and appointed a judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 2 September 2004.

Maheshwari wrote a majority opinion in Janhit Abhiyan v Union of India, holding that the 103rd Amendment to the Constitution did not violate the basic structure, and upholding reservations for Economically Weaker Sections.