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Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | |
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| 6th Chief Justice of India | |
| In office 1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964 | |
| Appointed by | Rajendra Prasad |
| Preceded by | Sudhi Ranjan Das |
| Succeeded by | P. B. Gajendragadkar |
| Chief Justice of Nagpur High court | |
| In office 1951–1954 | |
| Preceded by | Prakash Chandra Tatia D. N. Patel (acting) |
| Judge of Patna High Court | |
| In office 1943–1951 | |
| Judge of Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 1954–1959 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1899 Shahabad, Bengal Presidency (Now in Bhojpur, Bihar, India) |
| Died | 12 November 1986 (aged 87) |
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha of Shahabad (now Bhojpur), Bengal Presidency (1 February 1899 – 12 November 1986) was the 6th Chief Justice of India (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964). He also served as the president of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from April 1965 to February 1967. Mr. Sinha was born and brought up in a prominent upper caste Hindu Kshatriya Rajput family of Rajwada Gajiyapur Estate, Sinha Arrah (present Bhojpur) District. His grandson B. P. Singh is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Sinha served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from 1 October 1959 to 31 January 1964. Over the course of his Supreme Court tenure, Sinha authored 137 judgments and sat on 684 benches.[1]
A deeply religious man, following his retirement, Sinha led a quiet life mostly devoted to spiritual pursuits, though he did accept a number of private arbitration cases. Becoming blind in his later years, he died in 1986.[2]
- ^ "B.P. Sinha". Supreme Court Observer. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ Gardbois Jr., George H. (2011). Judges of the Supreme Court of India 1950-1989. Oxford University Press. pp. 20–30. ISBN 978-0-19-807061-0.