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Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh was born as a result of integration of twenty six Province and four Punjab hill States into a Centrally Administered Area on 15 April 1948. The Central Government promulgated the Himachal Pradesh (Courts) Order, 1948 on 15 August 1948. As per Paragraph 3 of this Order, the Court of Judicial Commissioner was established for Himachal Pradesh and the Court was housed at "Harvingtan" (Kelston area, Bharari, Shimla). It was vested with the powers of a High Court under the Judicial Commissioner's Court Act, 1950. The Court of Judicial commissioner started functioning on 15 August 1948. The Punjab High Court rules and orders with suitable amendments were made applicable. In the year 1966, the Delhi High Court Act was enacted by the Government of India and w.e.f. 1 May 1967, the Central Government of India extended jurisdiction of the said A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks and extensive river systems. Himachal Pradesh is the northernmost state of India and shares borders with the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to the north, and the states of Punjab to the west, Haryana to the southwest, Uttarakhand to the southeast and a very narrow border with Uttar Pradesh to the south. The state also shares an international border to the east with the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. Himachal Pradesh is also known as , meaning 'Land of Gods' and which means 'Land of the Brave'. The predominantly mountainous region comprising the present-day Himachal Pradesh has been inhabited since pre-historic times, having witnessed multiple waves of human migrations from other areas. Through its history, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Seth
Leila Seth (20 October 1930 – 5 May 2017) was an Indian judge who served as the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and became the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court, Himachal Pradesh High Court, on 5 August 1991. She was also the first woman to be designated as a senior counsel by the Supreme Court of India. She sat on a number of enquiry commissions, including one into the death of 'Biscuit Baron' Rajan Pillai, and was also a part of the three-member bench of the Justice Verma Committee that was established to overhaul India's rape laws in the aftermath of the infamous 2012 Delhi gang-rape case. She was a member of the 15th Law Commission of India from 1997 to 2000, and was responsible for the amendments to the Hindu Succession Act that gave equal rights to daughters in joint family property. Early life Leila Seth was born on 20 October 1930 in Lucknow, the first daughter after two sons in her family. She is said to have been very close to her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Rafiq (judge)
Justice Mohammad Rafiq (born 25 May 1960) is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, Madhya Pradesh High Court, Orissa High Court and Meghalaya High Court and also former Judge of Rajasthan High Court. Twice, he served as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. He is also currently serving as the Chancellor (ex-officio) of Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla. Early life Rafiq was born in Sujangarh of Churu district in Indian state of Rajasthan. He earned bachelor's degree from G.H.S. Govt. PG College, Sujangarh affiliated to Rajasthan University in 1980. Then, he continued to study Bachelor of Legislative Law (LLB) and received the LLB degree in 1984. He started his career as an advocate shortly after getting LLB degree. He continued to study further and got the master's degree in 1986. Career Rafiq started his career as a government advocate in Rajasthan on 15 July 1986 and was promoted to Deputy Government Advoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lingappa Narayana Swamy
Lingappa Narayana Swamy (born 1 July 1959) is an Indian judge and the former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. He is former Judge of Karnataka High Court. He served as the Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court from 18 January 2019 to 9 May 2019, after the elevation of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari to Supreme Court of India. Career Swamy is B.A., LL.M. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 15 October 1987. He practised before the High Court of Karnataka, Karnataka Administrative Tribunal & Central Administrative Tribunal. He was appointed an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 4 July 2007 and Permanent Judge on 17 April 2009. He was appointed Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court on 18 January 2019. He was appointed Chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh was born as a result of integration of twenty six Province and four Punja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansoor Ahmad Mir
Mansoor Ahmad Mir is an Indian judge and the former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. Career Mir was born on 25 April 1955, at Rajpora village of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir. He obtained a bachelor's degree (BA) from Amar Singh College in 1976 and LL.B in 1978 from Kashmir University. After practicing law for 14 years, he appeared for Jammu and Kashmir Judicial Services Examination and secured the first position in 1992. Mir was appointed as an additional Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 31 January 2005 and later its permanent judge on 7 July 2007. He was transferred to the High Court of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ... (HP) and took over as Acting Chief Justice on 26 November 2013, and remained on the position u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurian Joseph
Kurian Joseph (born 30 November 1953) is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Previously, he has served as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court and Judge of Kerala High Court. Early life Kurian Joseph was born on 30 November 1953 in Manjapra a village near Angamaly. He was educated at St. Joseph's U.P. School, Chengal, Kalady, St. Sebastian's High School, Kanjoor. For higher education, he attended Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara and Sree Sankara College, both affiliated colleges of Mahatma Gandhi University, and Kerala Law Academy, University of Kerala in Trivandrum. Career Joseph began his legal career in 1979. He was member of the Academic Council, Kerala University from 1977 to 1978, General Secretary of Kerala University Union in 1978, Senate member of Cochin University from 1983 to 1985, member of the Board of Studies, Indian Legal Thought of Mahatma Gandhi University in 1996, President, Kerala Judicial Academy from 2006 to 2008, Chairman of Kerala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagadish Bhalla
Jagadish Bhalla (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan High Court. Early life Bhalla's father was a doctor who was posted as Chief Medical Officer in Nainital. Bhalla completed his earlier education there. He passed M.A. and LL.B. from Lucknow University in 1971. Career Bhalla was enrolled as an Advocate in the Bar Council of Allahabad High Court and practiced law in the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court on Constitutional, Civil, Arbitration and Criminal matters. He worked as Special Counsel on behalf of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. In 1983 he became the Standing Counsel for the State government. He was Honorary Head of the Law faculty, D.A.V. College Lucknow, Member of the Executive Council of Lucknow University and King George's Medical University. In 1995, Bhalla was appointed a Judge of Allahabad High Court. In 2007 he was transferred to Chhattisgarh High Court thereafter appointed Chief Justice of Himacha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinod Kumar Gupta
Vinod Kumar Gupta also known as V. K. Gupta (born 10 September 1947) is a retired Indian Judge and first Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court. Career Gupta completed his early education in Uttar Pradesh and Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu and Kashmir. He passed LL.B. from Delhi University and in 1970 he started practice in Delhi High Court. In his lawyer's career Gupta served as Advocate General of Jammu and Kashmir, Senior Central Government Standing Counsel of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He associated with the Bar council activities, held the offices of Bar President and Secretary. In 1990, Gupta was elevated as Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He was transferred to Calcutta High Court in 1996 and was appointed Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court in 15 November 2000. He took oath as the first permanent Chief Justice of this High Court on 5 December 2000. Thereafter Justice Gupta joined as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doraiswamy Raju
Doraiswamy Raju or D. Raju (born 2 July 1939) was an Indian Judge and former Justice of The Supreme Court of India. Career Raju was graduated in 1959 and obtained B.L. degree in Law in 1961 from the Madras University. In 1962 he was enrolled as an advocate in Madras Bar Association and started practice in various High Courts of India on Civil, Constitutional, Taxation and Land related matters. Raju worked as Standing Counsel for various Public Institutions and Undertakings of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Government including Food Corporation of India. He was designated as Senior Advocate of Madras High Court in 1987. He was appointed the Judge of the same High Court in 1990. On 17 November 1995 Justice Raju became the Chairman, Advisory Board of COFEPOSA. He was elevated in the post of Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh High Court The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh was born as a result of integration of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makani Narayana Rao
Justice Makani Narayana "M. N." Rao (born 22 April 1936) is a former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh, and former chairman of the National Commission on Backward Classes. Rao enrolled as an advocate of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on 9 October 1961. He practiced before the court for more than 12 years, specializing in constitutional law. In 1979, Rao was appointed a legal secretary of the government of Andhra Pradesh, and was appointed a selection grade district judge on 25 July 1983. Rao became Chairman of the Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal on 1 July 1985. He was later appointed a permanent judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on 11 July 1986. Rao was appointed Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court on 6 November 1997. He retired on 22 April 1998;Currently living in Hyderabad, India. References * "Justice M.N. Rao Assumes Charge of Chairperson, National Commission for Backward Classes". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-03-20. * "Justice M.N. Rao takes over as BC Commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhavachari Srinivasan
Madhavachari Srinivasan or M. Srinivasan (12 January 1937 — 25 February 2000) was an Indian judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of India. Career Srinivasan was born in 1937 in British India. After completion of a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws he was enrolled as an advocate in 1958 and started practice in Civil and Constitutional matters in the Madras High Court, Chennai. He was elevated as permanent judge of Madras High Court on 2 June 1986. Srinivasan was appointed Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh was born as a result of integration of twenty six Province and four Punjab hill States into a Centrally Administered Area on 15 Ap ... on 12 August 1996. He was promoted to the judge of Supreme Court of India in March 1997. Srinivasan died in 2000. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Srinivasan, Madhavachari 1937 births 2000 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
