Former Chief Justice of India R C Lahoti dies at 81
New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Former Chief Justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti died at a hospital here on Wednesday evening family sources saidHe was 81 years oldJustice Lahoti was appointed as the 35th chief justice of India on June 1 2004 He retired on November 1 2005Born on November 1 1940 he joined the Bar in Guna district in 1960 and enrolled as an advocate in 1962 He was recruited directly to the bench in April 1977 from the Bar to the State Higher Judicial Service and was appointed as a district and sessions judge After serving in the post for a year Justice Lohati resigned in May 1978 and returned to the Bar to practice mainly in the High Court He was appointed an additional judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on May 3 1988 and made a permanent judge on August 4 the next yearHe was transferred to Delhi High Court on February 7 1994 and later appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court on December 9 1998 PTI PKS NSD NSD
New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Former Chief Justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti died at a hospital here on Wednesday evening family sources saidHe was 81 years oldJustice Lahoti was appointed as the 35th chief justice of India on June 1 2004 He retired on November 1 2005Born on November 1 1940 he joined the Bar in Guna district in 1960 and enrolled as an advocate in 1962 He was recruited directly to the bench in April 1977 from the Bar to the State Higher Judicial Service and was appointed as a district and sessions judge After serving in the post for a year Justice Lohati resigned in May 1978 and returned to the Bar to practice mainly in the High Court He was appointed an additional judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on May 3 1988 and made a permanent judge on August 4 the next yearHe was transferred to Delhi High Court on February 7 1994 and later appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court on December 9 1998 PTI PKS NSD NSD
