Madhukar Hiralal Kania, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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23rd Chief Justice of India
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Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
About Madhukar Hiralal Kania
- Madhukar Harilal Kania (18 November 1927 – 1 February 2016) was an Indian judge who became the 23rd Chief Justice of India, serving from 13 December 1991 until his retirement on 17 November 1992.
- He was born in Bombay.
- His uncle was Harilal Jekisundas Kania, the first Chief Justice of India.
- Kania was educated at Fellowship School, St.
- Xavier's High School, Elphinstone College and the Government Law College, Mumbai.
- He enrolled as an Advocate on 1 November 1949 at Bombay High Court.
- He practiced mainly in civil suits and commercial matters in the High Court and the Bombay City Civil Court, Bombay.
- He also appeared for the state of Maharashtra in civil suits in the Bombay City Civil Court.
- He was Assistant Government Pleader for the State of Maharashtra in the Bombay City Civil Court from 5 December 1964 to 15 January 1967.
- He was government pleader for the State of Maharashtra in the Bombay City Civil Court from 16 January 1967 to 3 November 1969.
- He was appointed Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court with effect from 14 November 1969.
- He was appointed as a permanent Judge of Bombay High Court on 2 November 1971.
- In June 1986 he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
- In May 1987, he was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became the Chief Justice of India in December 1991.
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