Vidyadhar Govind Oak, I.C.S., (born 18 May 1909) was an Indian bureaucrat and Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.

Career

Government Madhav Arts and Commerce College, Ujjain Government Madhav Arts and Commerce College, Ujjain, also known by the shorter names as Government Madhav College, Ujjain or Madhav College, is a government college located in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is recognized by the University G ...

and Holkar College of Indore. He graduated in Law from the Allahabad University and joined the Indian Civil Service on 12 October 1931. Initially Oak served as Assistant Collector and Joint Magistrate under the Uttar Pradesh Government in British India for five years and thereafter became District Judge. In 1954 he was the District Judge of

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

. He also worked as Judicial Commissioner of Ajmer for few months. In 1955 he was appointed Additional Judge of the

Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court, also known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is the high court based in Prayagraj that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high ...

. Justice Oak was elevated in the post of the Chief Justice on 4 June 1957. He retired from the judgeship in 1971.

Legacy

The

Astronomical Society of India The Astronomical Society of India (ASI) is an Indian society of professional astronomers and other professionals from related disciplines. It was founded in 1972, with Vainu Bappu being the founder President of the Society, and as of 2010 has a m ...

gives the Justice V.G. Oak Award to Indian researchers for outstanding thesis in Astronomy.

References

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