Justice S.M. Sikri

The Hon’ble Mr. Sarv Mittra Sikri, Judge, Supreme Court February, 1964; b. April 26, 1908; B.A. (Cantab); Bar-at-Law; Started practice Lahore High Court, 1930; Assistant Advocate-General, Punjab, 1949; Advocate-General, Punjab, 1951-64; Alternative Representative to the U.N. Committee on Codification and Development of International Law, 1947; Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Irrigation and Power, 1949;Member, International Law Association Committtee on International Rovers, 1955; Member, Indian Law Commission, 1955-58; Member, Indian Delegation to Law of the Sea Conference, Geneva, 1958: Delegate to the World Peace through Law Conferences, Tokyo 1961, Athens 1963; Delegate to the Accra Assembly, Accra, Ghana, 1962; Member, Executive Committee and Governing Council, Indian Law Institute; Member, Executive Committee, Indian Commission of Jurists; Member, Executive Committee, Indian Branch of the International Law Association; Director Sarswati Sugar Syndicate, Ltd. upto 1951; Trustee Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, 1956. Appointed as Chief Justice of India on 22.01.1971. Retired on 25.04.1973.