Hon'ble Judges Appointed as Chief Justices of India

Hon'ble Shri Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah was born on 17^th December, 1905. His Lordship educated from Government High School Raipur in 1922 and thereafter attended Morris College in Nagpur, where he was nominated as the Phillip's Scholar in 1926. His Lordship was awarded Malak Gold Medal. His Lordship thereafter attended Trinity College at the University of Cambridge from 1927 to 1930 and obtained B.A. and M.A. Degrees from there. While at Cambridge, His Lordship was elected and served as the President of the Indian Majlis in 1929. His Lordship secured a place of Barrister-at-Law in 1930.His Lordship enrolled as an advocate of the High Court of Central Provinces and Berar at Nagpur on 19^th July, 1930. On 12^th December, 1942, His Lordship was appointed Government Pleader in the High Court at Nagpur. On 2^nd August, 1943, His Lordship became the Advocate General of Central Provinces and Berar and continued to hold the said post till he was appointed as an Additional Judge of that High Court in 1946. On 24^th June, 1946, His Lordship was appointed as Additional Judge of High Court of Central Provinces and Berar and on 13^th September, 1946 he was appointed as permanent judge. His Lordship was elevated as Chief Justice of Nagpur High Court on 3^rd December, 1954. In November 1956, His Lordship was appointed as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.On 1^st December 1958, His Lordship was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India and thereafter, after serving as a judge for nearly 10 years, was appointed as the Chief Justice of India on 25^th February, 1968.His Lordship demitted the office on 16^th December, 1970.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma was born on 18^thJanuary, 1933. His Lordship educated at Venkat High School, Satna (Madhya Pradesh), Government Jubilee Inter College, Lucknow, Ewing Christian College, Allahabad and University of Allahabad. His Lordship was enrolled Pleader in the Vindhya Pradesh Judicial Commissioner's Court, Rewa in January, 1955 and Advocate, Madhya Pradesh High Court in August, 1959. His Lordship was appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on 12^thSeptember, 1972 and thereafter as permanent Judge on 2^nd June, 1973. His Lordship was Company Judge in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh for several years and was also Chairman of Advisory Boards constituted under the National Security Act and other preventive detention laws. He also headed the Administrative Committee of Madhya Pradesh High Court for several years. His Lordship was appointed Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Madhya Pradesh on 27^thOctober, 1985 and permanent Chief Justice on 14^th June, 1986. His Lordship was transferred as Chief Justice to Rajasthan High Court on 1^st September, 1986. He was also twice acting Governor of Rajasthan from 15.10.1987 to 20.2.1988 and from 3.2.1989 to 20.2.1989. He was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 3^rd June, 1989. His Lordship was appointed as Chief Justice of India on 25^th March, 1997. His Lordship demitted the office of Chief Justice of India on 18^th January, 1998.

Hon'ble Shri Justice Ramesh Chandra Lahoti was born on 1^st November, 1940. His Lordship received school education at Guna and passed his B.Com. (Hons.)from the R.A. Poddar College of Commerce and Economics, Dadar, Bombay in 1958. He obtained his LL.B. degree from Holkar College, Indore in 1960 and was awarded a Gold Medal for standing first in his class. His Lordship enrolled as a Pleader in 1960 and as an Advocate in 1961. Thereafter, he started practice at Guna. In April, 1977, His Lordship was recruited directly from the Bar to the State Higher Judicial Service and was appointed as a District & Sessions Judge. After functioning as a District & Sessions Judge for a year, he resigned in May 1978 and reverted to the Bar for practice mainly in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh. His Lordship was appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on 3^rd May, 1988 and permanent Judge on 4^th August, 1989. His Lordship was transferred to Delhi High Court on 7^th February, 1994. He was appointed as a Judge of Supreme Court of India on 9^th December,1998. His Lordship was appointed as Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India on 1^st June, 2004. His Lordship demitted the office of Chief Justice of India on 31^st October, 2005.

Hon'ble Shri Justice Dipak Misra was born on 3^rd October, 1953. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 14^th February, 1977 and practiced in Constitutional, Civil, Criminal, Revenue, Service and Sales Tax matters in the Orissa High Court and the Service Tribunal. His Lordship was appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Orissa on 17^th January, 1996 and transferred to the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on 3^rd March, 1997. His Lordship became permanent Judge on 19^th December, 1997. His Lordship assumed charge of the office of Chief Justice, Patna High Court on 23^rd December, 2009 and thereafter as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 24^th May, 2010. He was elevated as a Judge, Supreme Court of India on 10^th October, 2011. His Lordship was appointed as the Chief Justice of India on 28^th August, 2017. His Lordship demitted the office of Chief Justice of India on 2nd October, 2018.

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was born on 24^th April, 1956 at Nagpur, Maharashtra. His Lordship took B.A. and LL.B. degrees from Nagpur University. He was enrolled on the roll of the Bar Council of Maharashtra in 1978. He practiced Law at the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court with appearances at Bombay before the Principal Seat and before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India for over 21 years. His Lordship was designated as Senior Advocate in 1998. His Lordship was elevated as Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on 29^th March, 2000. His Lordship sworn in as Chief Justice of High Court of Madhya Pradesh on 16^th October, 2012. He was elevated as a Judge of Supreme Court of India on 12^th April, 2013. His Lordship sworn in as Chief Justice of India on 18^th November, 2019. His Lordship has demitted the office of Chief Justice of India on 23^rd April, 2021.