Yogeshwar Dayal (18 November 1930 – 2 August 1994) was an Indian judge and former justice of the
Supreme Court of India
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.
Early life
Dayal was born in the family of
Lala Hardayal
Lala Har Dayal Mathur (Punjabi: ਲਾਲਾ ਹਰਦਿਆਲ; 14 October 1884 – 4 March 1939) was an Indian nationalist revolutionary and freedom fighter. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simple ...
at
Lahore
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,
British India
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in 1930. His father L. Bhagwat Dayal was a
barrister
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and senior practicing lawyer. He studied in
Government College University (Lahore) and Bachelor of Missions Colleges in
Shimla
Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Himachal Pradesh, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the States and union territories of India, northern Indian state of Himachal Prade ...
.
Dayal passed Law from the
University of Delhi
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...
in 1953.
Career
Dayal started practice in
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
in 1953 and
Punjab High Court. After the formation of
Delhi High Court
The High Court of Delhi (IAST: ''dillī uchcha nyāyālaya'') was established on 31 October 1966, through the ''Delhi High Court Act, 1966'', with four judges, Chief Justice K. S. Hegde, Justice I. D. Dua, Justice H. R. Khanna and Justice S. ...
in 1966 he shifted to
New Delhi
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and served as lawyer for Delhi Administration and various corporate bodies. On 28 February 1974 he was elevated as Judge of the Delhi High Court. In his tenure Dayal was appointed One-Man Commission of Inquiry in number of occasions. In 1987 he became the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court thereafter transferred as Chief Justice of
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 ...
on 18 March 1988. He was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 22 March 1991.
Justice Dayal retired on 17 November 1995 from the judgeship.
References
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1930 births
1994 deaths
People from Lahore
Justices of the Supreme Court of India
Chief Justices of the Delhi High Court
Chief Justices of the Andhra Pradesh High Court
20th-century Indian judges
Government College University, Lahore alumni
Delhi University alumni