[3] In 1986, Desai was appointed as the State of Maharashtra's Special Public Prosecutor in cases concerning preventive detention.
[5] Desai took charge as chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity on 1 December 2014 in New Delhi and continued to serve in that capacity until 29 October 2019.
[6] Desai was appointed as Chairperson of the Advance Ruling Authority [Income Tax] in 2018 and held the position until 29 October 2019.
[citation needed] On 8 May 2012, the Supreme Court bench composed of Ranjana Desai and Altamas Kabir ordered the government to end the Haj subsidy by 2022.
The court said that negative voting would lead to systemic change in polls and political parties will be forced to project clean candidates.