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in 1960 and enrolled as an advocate in 1962. In April 1977, he was recruited directly from the Bar to the State Higher
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Justice Lahoti, a noted jurist, was economic with words and probably the least vocal among recent Chief
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Justice Lahoti upheld a
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High Court on 3 May 1988 and made permanent Judge on 4 August 1989. Lahoti was transferred to
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385:"Nariman raises Roy's transfer issue with CJI"
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415:"Chief Justice Lahoti: Quietly assertive"
262:Faculty of Law at Manav Rachna University
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722:Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
702:Gopal Ballav Pattanaik
657:Madhukar Hiralal Kania
492:Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
482:Chief Justice of India
442:"IIMUN: Advisor Board"
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202:Supreme Court of India
173:Chief Justice of India
52:Chief Justice of India
717:Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
697:Bhupinder Nath Kirpal
672:Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi
617:Mirza Hameedullah Beg
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562:Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
169:Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
28:Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
762:Jagdish Singh Khehar
667:M. N. Venkatachaliah
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355:"Justice R C Lahoti"
325:"R. C. Lahoti (CJI)"
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365:on 22 October 2010
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795:(incumbent)
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752:H. L. Dattu
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677:J. S. Verma
547:H. J. Kania
390:The Tribune
135:British Raj
82:Preceded by
813:Categories
452:4 December
426:6 February
420:Rediff.com
396:6 February
369:6 February
339:6 February
268:References
120:1940-11-01
612:A. N. Ray
60:In office
50:35th
240:Migrants
292:29 June
448:. 2017
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155:Spouse
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