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Dattu was enrolled as an advocate at the bar on 23 October 1975. He practised at
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on 18 December 1995. Thereafter, on 12 February 2007; he was elevated as Chief
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had appointed Dattu as the next Chief
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Dattu had corruption charges levelled against him before he became chief justice.
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