Chand Mal Lodha
Hon'ble Chief Justice Chand Mal Lodha | |
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| 12th Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court | |
| In office 12 March 1979 – 9 July 1980 | |
| Nominated by | Y. V. Chandrachud |
| Appointed by | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| Preceded by | C. Honniah |
| Succeeded by | K. D. Sharma |
| 12th Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court | |
| In office 6 July 1978 – 11 March 1979 | |
| Nominated by | Y. V. Chandrachud |
| Appointed by | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| Preceded by | M. Sadanand Swami |
| Succeeded by | Baharul Islam |
| Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court | |
| In office 28 June 1976 – 5 July 1978 | |
| Nominated by | Ajit Nath Ray |
| Appointed by | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| Judge of Rajasthan High Court | |
| In office 22 November 1967 – 27 June 1976 | |
| Nominated by | Kailas Nath Wanchoo |
| Appointed by | Zakir Husain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1918 Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
| Died | 28 January 2012 (aged 93) |
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| Education | L. L. B. |
Chand Mal Lodha (18 July 1918 – 28 January 2012) was an Indian judge, a chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court and the Guwahati High Court.
He was born in 1918 at Jodhpur in Rajasthan, and graduated as a gold medalist LLB from Allahabad in 1940. He was appointed judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 22 November 1967 and served till 27 June 1976 . He was transferred to Madhya Pradesh High Court in 1976 where he served till 1978.[1] He later became chief justice of the Guwahati High Court in 1978 and transferred to Rajasthan High Court back in 1979. Post retirement in 1980, he started practicing as a Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and remained in active practice until 1996.
References
- ^ "Judge's Profile | High Court of Madhya Pradesh". mphc.gov.in. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- Rajasthan High Court website former chief justices
- Chand Mal Lodha winning an award in 2003
- Chand Mal Lodha's obituary