S. M. Sikri

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S. M. Sikri was the 13th Chief Justice of India, known for presiding over landmark constitutional cases that shaped the basic structure doctrine of the Indian Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Justice of India ⓘ
person ⓘ
alumniOf University of Cambridge ⓘ
appointedAsChiefJusticeBy President of India ⓘ
appointedAsJudgeBy President of India ⓘ
barAdmission Inner Temple ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-04-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1992-09-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Government College University, Lahore ⓘ
Inner Temple ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
University of the Punjab ⓘ
endTime 1971-04-25 ⓘ
era 20th-century Indian judiciary ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
judicial administration ⓘ
fullName Sarv Mittra Sikri ⓘ
influenced development of constitutional jurisprudence in India ⓘ
knownFor contribution to the basic structure doctrine of the Constitution of India ⓘ
presiding over landmark constitutional cases ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalDoctrineInfluenced basic structure doctrine ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of India ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
notableFor role in limiting Parliament's power to amend the Constitution ⓘ
notableWorkArea judicial review of constitutional amendments ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
office Judge of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lahore ⓘ
Punjab Province, British India ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
positionHeld 13th Chief Justice of India ⓘ
practicedLawIn Federal Court of India ⓘ
Lahore High Court ⓘ
precededBy Koka Subba Rao ⓘ
presidedOverCase Golaknath v. State of Punjab ⓘ
Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala ⓘ
regionOfActivity India ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
servedAs Advocate-General of Punjab ⓘ
startTime 1967-02-03 ⓘ
succeededBy Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah ⓘ
termAsAdvocateGeneralEnd 1964 ⓘ
termAsAdvocateGeneralStart 1949 ⓘ

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