Kailash Nath Katju was a prominent politician of India. He was the Governor of Orissa and West Bengal,the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh,the Union Home Minister and the Union Defence Minister. He was also one of India's most prominent lawyers. He was part of some of the most notable cases of his times,including the Indian National Army trials. Katju joined the Indian independence movement early on and spent several years incarcerated with fellow independence activists for his activities.
The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India. However,a high court exercises its original civil and sexual jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of peculiary,territorial jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters,if so designated specially by the constitution,a state or union law.
Vishweshwar Nath Khare was the 33rd Chief Justice of India,serving from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. He is currently serving as the Chancellor of the Central University of Jharkhand. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 21 March 1997 before he was elevated to the post of Chief Justice.
Kailas Nath Wanchoo was the tenth Chief Justice of India.
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal was the 31st Chief Justice of India,serving from 6 May 2002 until his retirement on 7 November 2002.
Madan Bhimarao Lokur is an Indian jurist. He is a judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji. He is former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is also a former chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and Gauhati High Court and judge of the Delhi High Court.
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Prafulla Chandra Pant is an Indian judge and author who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2014 to 2017. He later served as Member 1 of the National Human Rights Commission of India from 2019 to 2021,and briefly acted as its chairperson. Prior to his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of India,he had previously served as chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court at Shillong and as a judge of the Uttarakhand High Court at Nainital.
Uday Umesh Lalit is an Indian lawyer and former Supreme Court Judge,who served as the 49th Chief Justice of India. Previously,he has served as a judge of Supreme Court of India. Prior to his elevation as a judge,he practised as a senior counsel at the Supreme Court. Justice Lalit is one of the six senior counsels who have been directly elevated to the Supreme Court. He is currently a distinguished jurist and Professor of Law and Justice at O.P. Jindal Global University.
Ashok Bhushan is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and the chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. He was the 31st chief justice of the Kerala High Court. He is a former judge of the Kerala High Court and Allahabad High Court.
Shiva Nath Katju was an Indian lawyer,judge and an Indian National Congress politician. He was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1952–1957) and the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (1958–1962). He was also a judge at the Allahabad High Court,and a President of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
Pankaj Mithal is a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the former Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. Previously,he has also served as the Chief Justice of the Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh High Court and Judge of the Allahabad High Court.
Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He has also served as chief justice of the Gujarat High Court and judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Daya Saran Sinha is an Indian Judge and 18th Former Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court and The former as well as First Chairperson of Gujarat State Human Rights Commission which was constituted on 12th September,2006.
Krishna Murari is a former judge of Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. He has also served as a judge of Allahabad High Court till his elevation as chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Justice Vineet Kothari is an Indian Judge who is now a designated Senior Advocate practising at Supreme Court of India. He is former Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court. He is Former Judge of Madras High Court,Karnataka High Court and Rajasthan High Court.
Rekha Dikshit is a former judge of Allahabad High Court,in Uttar Pradesh,India. She has been the trial judge in several notable cases,including the case of Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum, a controversial case concerning the payment of maintenance to Muslim women in India,as well as the Taj Corridor case and the Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam.
Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Manipur High Court. He has also served as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and Telangana High Court.
Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former Additional Solicitor General of India. He is well known for his work on the Ayodhya Title Dispute and the BCCI cases.
