Kailas Nath Wanchoo
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Kailas Wanchoo | |
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10th Chief Justice of India | |
In office 12 April 1967 – 24 February 1968 | |
Appointed by | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
Preceded by | K. Subba Rao |
Succeeded by | M. Hidayatullah |
Chief Justice of Bombay High Court | |
Preceded by | Prakash Chandra Tatia D. N. Patel (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 February 1903 |
Died | 1988 (aged 84–85) |
Kailas Nath Wanchoo (25 February 1903 – 1988) was the tenth Chief Justice of India. He was born in Allahabad and was educated at Pandit Pirthi Nath High School, Kanpur, Muir Central College, Allahabad and Wadham College, Oxford. He joined the Indian Civil Service as Joint Magistrate on 1 December 1926 in Uttar Pradesh.
Official positions[edit]
- Allahabad High Court Judge, Feb. 1947-Jan.1951
- Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice 1951-58
- Uttar Pradesh Judicial Reforms Committee Chairman, 1950–51
- Indore Firing Inquiry Commission Sole Member, 1954
- Dholpur Succession Case Commission Chairman, 1955
- Law Commission Member, 1955.
- Chief Justice of India on 12.04.1967. Retired on 24.02.1968.
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Legal offices | ||
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Preceded by Koka Subba Rao |
Chief Justice of India 12 April 1967 – 24 February 1968 |
Succeeded by Mohammad Hidayatullah |
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- University of Allahabad alumni
- Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford
- Chief Justices of India
- Indian civil servants
- Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
- Scholars from Allahabad
- Kashmiri people
- Judges of the Allahabad High Court
- Year of death missing
- Chief Justices of the Rajasthan High Court
- 20th-century Indian judges
- 1903 births
- 20th-century Indian lawyers
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