Kailas Nath Wanchoo

K. N. Wanchoo
10th Chief Justice of India
In office 12 April 1967 – 24 February 1968
Appointed by	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Preceded by	K. Subba Rao
Succeeded by	M. Hidayatullah
Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
Preceded by	Prakash Chandra Tatia D. N. Patel (acting)
Personal details
Born	(1903-02-25)25 February 1903
Died	1988 (aged 84–85)

Kailas Nath Wanchoo (25 February 1903 – 1988) was the tenth Chief Justice of India. He was born in Allahabad and was educated at Pandit Pirthi Nath High School, Kanpur, Muir Central College, Allahabad and Wadham College, Oxford. He joined the Indian Civil Service as Joint Magistrate on 1 December 1926 in Uttar Pradesh.

Official positions

• Allahabad High Court Judge, Feb. 1947-Jan.1951
• Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice 1951-58
• Uttar Pradesh Judicial Reforms Committee Chairman, 1950–51
• Indore Firing Inquiry Commission Sole Member, 1954
• Dholpur Succession Case Commission Chairman, 1955
• Law Commission Member, 1955.
• Chief Justice of India on 12.04.1967. Retired on 24.02.1968.

References

• Supreme Court of India profile