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H. K. Chainani

Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani (29 February 1904 – 28 November 1965) was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.[1]

Early life edit

Chainani was born to a Sindhi family in 1904 in British India. He primarily studied in Hyderabad, then admitted to D J Sindh College of Karachi. In 1925, he passed B.A. in Natural Science Tripos from Magdalene College, Cambridge, England. After passing Indian Civil Service,[2] Chainani returned to India in 1927. He was first appointed Assistant Collector at Sholapur then at Nasik, Khandesh and Poona.[3]

Career edit

He started his judicial career as an Assistant Judge at Poona in 1933 and was promoted as District and Sessions Judge at Sholapur. In 1935, he was appointed Secretary to the Bombay Legislative Council and Assistant Legal Remembrancer. In 1944, Chainani became the Joint Secretary of Home Department, Government of Bombay then transferred as Deputy Secretary to the Home Department of Government of India. He also worked as Revenue Commissioner. He was promoted to a Puisne Judge of the Bombay High Court and after Justice M C Chagla he was appointed the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court in 1958.[2]

In 1962, he was acting governor of the State of Maharashtra[4][5] and honorary secretary of Environmental Action Group of Bombay.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Abhinav Chandrachud (29 May 2018). Supreme Whispers: Conversations with Judges of the Supreme Court of India. ISBN 9789353050214. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b George H. Gadbois, Jr (2 May 2011). Judges of the Supreme Court of India: 1950–1989. ISBN 9780199088386. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. ^ "CHIEF JUSTICE MR. HASHMATRAI KHUBCHAND CHAINANI". bombayhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Profile: H K Chainani". thesindhuworld.com. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. ^ S. C. Bhatt; Gopal K. Bhargava, eds. (2006). Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories. Vol. 16. ISBN 9788178353722. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ^ Ahmad, Rashid (2 December 2006). "JK to go for law on heritage protection". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
Legal offices
Preceded by Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court
1958-1965
Succeeded by


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