Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari
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Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari ( C.S.Dharmadhikari) is an India
n independence movement activist, a lawyer, a judge and an author. He was acting chief justice of Bombay High Court
. He was awarded Padma Bhushan
in 2003. He was born in Raipur in 1927 and studied at Nagpur Universityin Maharashtra
. He has authored many books in Hindi
, Marathi
and Gujarati
. He is son of Dada Dharmadhikari
.
As of Sept. 2011 he is chairman of the Bombay High Court appointed Committee to Monitor Animal Welfare Laws in Maharashtra. His son Satyaranjan Dharmadhikari is also a sitting Bombay High Court judge.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n independence movement activist, a lawyer, a judge and an author. He was acting chief justice of Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court at Mumbai, Maharashtra, is the High Court of India with jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra & Goa, and, the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli...
. He was awarded Padma Bhushan
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...
in 2003. He was born in Raipur in 1927 and studied at Nagpur Universityin Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
. He has authored many books in Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
and Gujarati
Gujarati language
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...
. He is son of Dada Dharmadhikari
Dada Dharmadhikari
Shankar Trimbak Dharmadhikari , better known throughout the world as Acharya Dada Dharmadhikari was an Indian freedom fighter, and a leader of social reform movements in India...
.
As of Sept. 2011 he is chairman of the Bombay High Court appointed Committee to Monitor Animal Welfare Laws in Maharashtra. His son Satyaranjan Dharmadhikari is also a sitting Bombay High Court judge.