Justice M. Patanjali Sastri

Justice M. Patanjali Sastri, B.A., B.L.(Madras University),Chief Justice of India 7 Nov. 1951-3 Jan. 1954; b.January 4,1889; s. of Pandit Krishna Sastri, formerly Senior Sanskrit Pandit, Pachaiyappa’s Coll., Madras; m.Srimati M. Kamakshi Ammal; three s. and four d.; Educ.: Pachaiayya’s College and Law College, Madras; Practised as Advocate in the High Court at Madras; elevated to the Bench, 15th March, 1939; Judge, Federal Court December 6, 1947; Supreme Court 6 Nov. 1951. Retired on 03.01.1954.