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Justice Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan (1919–2012) was an Indian statesman. He was the Chief Justice of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh High Courts, and Acting
Governor of Andhra Pradesh This is a list of governors of Andhra, including Andhra State and United Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Raj Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the lon ...
. He was born on 20 August 1919. He was educated at Proprietary High School, Ahmedabad, Wilson College and Government Law College, Bombay and University School of Economics and Sociology, Bombay. He was enrolled as an Advocate of
Bombay High Court The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), and is one of the ol ...
on the Appellate Side in September, 1941 and on the Original Side in September, 1943 and practiced there from 1943 to 1954. He was appointed judge, Bombay City Civil Court, and additional sessions judge, Greater Bombay, on 4 November 1954 and principal judge, Bombay City Civil Court, and sessions judge, Greater Bombay, on 1 May 1961. The first 'centurion' blood donor from Ahmedabad, Diwan was born on 20 August 1919, educated at Proprietary High School in Ahmedabad and did his Master of Arts and LLB from a Mumbai-based college, Pallavi told ''DNA''. Diwan was appointed judge at the civil court at the age of 35 and was High Court judge at 45. He was appointed additional judge of
Gujarat High Court The Gujarat High Court is the High Court of the state of Gujarat. It was established on 1 May 1960 under the ''Bombay Re-organisation Act, 1960'' after the state of Gujarat split from Bombay State. The seat of the court is Ahmedabad. The prese ...
from 19 April 1962 and made permanent judge with effect from 23 September 1963. He was appointed chief justice, Gujarat High Court, from 17 July 1973. He was transferred to
Andhra Pradesh High Court The High Court of Andhra Pradesh is the High Court of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The seat of the High Court is currently located at Nelapadu. History The High Court of Andhra Pradesh was established in the year 1954 when the sta ...
with effect from 1 July 1976. He was acting
governor of Andhra Pradesh This is a list of governors of Andhra, including Andhra State and United Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Raj Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the lon ...
from 17 February 1977 till 5 May 1977. He was again transferred to Gujarat High Court as chief justice with effect from 28 August 1977 and retired on 20 August 1981. He died on 12 March 2012.


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20th-century Indian judges Governors of Andhra Pradesh 1919 births 2012 deaths Judges of the Gujarat High Court Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justices of the Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justices of the Gujarat High Court {{Governor of Andhra Pradesh