Justice D.P. Madon

Madon, Dinshah Pirosha, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., (Advocate O.S.) � Born, 7th April, 1921. Educated at Imperial High School, Bombay, Sardar Dastur Noshirwan High School, Poona, Elphinstone College, Bombay, Government Law College, Bombay. Enrolled Advocate (A.S.) on 21st November, 1944 and Advocate (O.S.) on 2nd November, 1945, of the High Court at Bombay and Advocate, Supreme Court, on 31st May, 1952. Practised mostly on the Original Side of the Bombay High Court. Also appeared on the Appellate Side of Bombay High Court and in other Courts in India including the Supreme Court and in Foreign Courts, namely, the Court of Appeals for East Africa at Nairobi and in the Supreme Court of Aden. Mostly attended to Civil and Constitutional matters and some Taxation and Criminal matters. Part-time Professor of Law, Government Law College, Bombay, from 1952 to 1955. Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court at Bombay 25th September, 1967. Appointed permanent Judge on 6.8.1969. Acted as one-man Commission of Enquiry into the Communal disturbances which took place in Bhiwandi and other places in the State of Maharashtra in May 1970. Appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 11.8.1982. Appointed as Judge, Supreme Court of India on 15.3.1983. Due to retire on 7.4.1986.