Justice Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha of Shahabad (now Bhojpur

Bhojpur district, Bihar

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), Bihar

Bihar

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 (born February 1, 1899, date of death unknown) was the 6^thChief Justice of India

Chief Justice of India

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 (October 1, 1959 - January 31, 1964). He also served as the president of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from April 1965 to February 1967.

Sinha was awarded B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 (Hons) M.A.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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, B.L. and served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India

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 from October 1, 1959 to January 31, 1964. He was educated at the Arrah Zila School, Patna College and Patna Law College; topped the list of successful candidates at the B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. Examinations of the Patna University in 1919 and 1921 respectively. He was Srimati Radhika Sinha Gold Medal

Gold Medal

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ist for standing first in History. He was the longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India

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• Vakil, Patna High Court, 1922–27
• Advocate, 1927–35
• Lecturer, Government Law College, Patna, 1926–35
• Member, Senate of the Faculty of Law and of the Board of Examiners in Law, Patna University
• Member, Court of the Benaras Hindu University
• Government Pleader 1935–39
• Assistant Government Advocate, 1940–42
• Judge, Patna High Court, 1943–51
• Chief Justice, Nagpur
  Nagpur
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   High Court 1951–54
• Judge, Supreme Court, December 1954 – September 30, 1959
• Chief Justice of India
  Chief Justice of India
  The Chief Justice of India is the highest-ranking judge in the Supreme Court of India, and thus holds the highest judicial position in India. As well as presiding in the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice also head its administrative functions....
  
  , October 1959 - January 1964, Retired on January 31, 1964.

Published works

• Reminiscences and Reflections of a Chief Justice ISBN 81-7018-253-0 1985, 1st ed.

External links

• http://www.bsgindia.org/
• http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/bpsinha.htm
• http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/rcji/06bpsinha.htm
• http://www.bagchee.com/books.php?id=36723
• http://www.vksu-ara.org/about_sha.htm