Sir Eric Weston (8 December 1892 – 20 October 1976) was a British-Indian civil servant and judge. He was an

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officer. He was the first Chief Justice of 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 ...

Biography

He completed his B.A. from

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and went on to join the

. He is chiefly notable for being the very first Chief Justice of the

. He served as a justice of Bombay High Court from 1943 to 1950. From 1950 to 1952, he was the first Chief Justice of the Punjab High Court from 1950 to 1952, when he retired. He was knighted in 1954.

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20th-century Indian judges Knights Bachelor Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Judges of the Bombay High Court British expatriates in India British expatriate judges {{India-law-bio-stub