Found 72 Articles for Jury & Judge

Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati was born on 21st December 1921 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He held office from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. Along with Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer, he is considered a pioneer of judicial activism in India. He brought the ideas of public interest litigation and absolute responsibility to the country. He has served on India's Supreme Court the longest of any judge, including the Chief Justice. Early and Personal Life P. N. Bhagwati was born in Gujarat. His father serves as a justice of Supreme Court, Justice Natwarlal H. Bhagwati. He was the ... Read More

In his nearly four-decade legal career, Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana has served as panel counsel for numerous government agencies as well as at least two high courts and the Supreme Court. Who is NV Ramana? President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Justice NV Ramana as the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI). Justice Ramana was recommended by outgoing Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde. Justice Ramana took oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 24 April 2021. He retired on 26 August 2022 and he was succeeded by Justice U.U. Lalit. In his nearly four-decade legal career, Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana has ... Read More

On July 20, 1969, Justice Hidayatullah took the oath of office as India's acting president. He held the position until the late V.V. Giri took the oath of office as the republic's legitimately elected president. He was unanimously chosen to serve as India's Vice President following his retirement as the country's Chief Justice by all political parties, and he held that important position honorably from 1979 to 1984. He presided over the Rajya Sabha as Vice President and skillfully and wisely presided over its proceedings. In 1982, while serving as vice president, he once again took over the role of ... Read More

Justice Mirza Hameedullah Beg was born on 22nd February, 1913 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He mostly handled situations involving criminal and constitutional law. His writings on property law and service law decisions are also included. He was preceded by Justice A.N Ray and succeeded by Justice Y. V. Chandrachud. He died in New Delhi on 19 November 1988 (aged 75). Early Life and Education His father, Mirza Samiullah Beg, was the Chief Justice of Hyderabad State and played an influential role in Hyderabad State affairs. His uncle, Shahnaz Hussain, is a well-known cosmetic surgeon worldwide. M.H. Beg, like many other ... Read More

Visheshwar Nath Khare, the Chief Justice, was born in Allahabad on May 2, 1939. On November 28, 1961, he joined the Allahabad Bar after receiving his L.L.B. from Allahabad University and set up a residence close to his family. Before being appointed as a permanent judge in the Allahabad High Court on June 25th, 1983, he was appointed as Chief Standing Counsel for the Uttar Pradesh Government. Personal Details On May 2nd, 1939, Chief Justice V.N. Khare was born in Prayagraj, then known as Allahabad. He remained in Prayagraj throughout his academic career and received his degree from the prestigious ... Read More

S.R. Das was a native of Calcutta, West Bengal who came from the illustrious Baidya Das family (formerly Dasgupta) of Telirbagh. He was the son of Binodini Das and Rakhal Chandra Das. The former Swapna Majumdar, a former ICS officer and daughter of S.B. Majumdar, was married to Sudhi Ranjan Das. He has a daughter, Anjana, and two sons, Group Captain Suranjan Das and Suhrid Ranjan Das, with his wife. His daughter wed Ashoke Sen, a young lawyer who subsequently rose to the position of Union Law Minister. Rabindranath Tagore gave all of his children their names. His cousins ... Read More

The 21st Chief Justice of India, Ranganath Misra (25 November 1926 – 13 September 2012), presided from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He also served as the nation of India's National Human Rights Commission's first chairman. Personal Details On November 25, 1926, Ranganath Misra was born in an Odia Brahmin family in Banapur, Odisha. Ranganath attended Ravenshaw College and Allahabad University after attending Banpur High School and P.M. Academy. While India was still under British administration, his father, Odia author and congressman Godavaris Mishra (often spelled Godabarish Misra), was appointed education minister of Orissa state in 1941. ... Read More

Chief Justice Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar served as India's seventh chief justice. Gajendragadkar J.'s extensive judicial record reveals him to be a steadfast supporter of labor rights, "the Court's greatest assenter" in its 75-year post-independence history, and the Chairman of the Sixth Law Commission of India, which was established during the Emergency and which Indira Gandhi was appointed. Personal Details Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar was born into the deshastha Madhav brahmin family on 16 march 1901 to Gajendragadkar Balacharya in Satara, Bombay Presidency. He served as the 7th Chief Justice of India from February 1964 to March 1966. Sanskrit Vidwan Bal-Acharya (Teacher) ... Read More

In 1950, Justice Lalit Mohan Sharma began his practice as an advocate at the Patna High Court. In 1957, he registered as a Supreme Court advocate, and in 1958, he was appointed Senior Advocate. In 1973, he was sworn in as a Patna High Court judge. Personal Details Lalit Mohan Sharma was born on February 12, 1928, into a zamindar family in the hamlet of Musi (Belaganj, Gaya, Bihar). When Indira Gandhi was India's prime minister, his father Lal Narayan Sinha served as both the country's solicitor general (17 July 1972–5 April 1977) and attorney general. The Patna High Court ... Read More

Justice Koka Subba Rao was born on July 15, 1902, in Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh). Rao J. wrote 42 solo dissents while he was on the SC's bench; some even referred to him as the "greatest dissenter in Indian judicial history." It's interesting to note that none of these dissents were published after he became the CJI; instead, the majority of them supported private parties opposing government measures. Personal Details The Hon. Sri Justice K. Subba Rao was born on July 15, 1902, in a Velama family. His father was a lawyer, who died early. Rao attended the Government Arts College ... Read More