Debi Singh Tewatia ( 30 June 1930 - November, 2017) was a Chief justice of
Calcutta High Court and former
Advocate General of Punjab and Haryana.
Career
Tewatia was born in the village of Kondal, Haryana. After completion of study from
Lincoln's Inn he started his
lawyer career at
Gurgaon district
Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district, is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The city of Gurgaon is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,514,432. It is one of the southern dist ...
Court in 1955.
After two years, he shifted to the
Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 ...
and was elected as the secretary of the High Court Bar Association in 1965. He was appointed Advocate General of
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...
in 1969. Tewatia was elevated to the Bench of the same High Court in February, 1970. He became the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court in 1987 from where he resigned in 1989. After resignation, he practiced in the
Supreme Court of India.
He died in December 2017.
Books
*
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tewatia, Debi Singh
1930 births
2017 deaths
20th-century Indian judges
Chief Justices of the Calcutta High Court
20th-century Indian lawyers
21st-century Indian lawyers
21st-century Indian judges