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Ranganath Misra

Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Asia and Oceania

Ranganath Misra (1926 to 2012) was the twenty-first Chief Justice of India, serving from September 1990 to November 1991. He began practicing law at the Orissa High Court in 1950, became a judge there in 1969 and its Chief Justice in 1981, and was appointed to the Supreme Court of India in 1983. After retiring he became the first chairman of India's National Human Rights Commission in 1993 and later sat in the Rajya Sabha as a member of the Indian National Congress. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Role
Jurist 1
Nationality / Jurisdiction
Indian 1
Born
1926 2
Birth Date
1926-11-25 2
Birthplace
Banapur 2
Died
2012 2
Death Date
2012-09-13 2
Place of Death
Bhubaneswar 2
Classification
Field of Law
Human Rights Law 1
Gender
Male 1
Role
Role (category)
Jurist 1
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What was the Misra Commission that Ranganath Misra headed?

A commission of inquiry set up in May 1985 into the 1984 anti-Sikh violence.

Ranganath Misra was appointed to head a commission of inquiry set up in May 1985 after the anti-Sikh violence of 1984. The commission later recommended that three committees be set up, and one of them, the Jain-Banerjee Committee, investigated omissions in the registration of cases. This inquiry came while he was serving as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, years before he became Chief Justice of India in 1990.
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1. Ranganath Misra (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Ranganath Misra (25 November 1926 - 13 September 2012) was an Indian jurist, who served as the 21st Chief Justice of India, from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He was also the first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He also served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from the Congress Party between 1998 and 2004.
  • Introduction
    Ranganath Misra (25 November 1926 - 13 September 2012) was an Indian jurist, who served as the 21st Chief Justice of India, from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991.
  • In Legal System: Indian Legal System, Wikipedia lead sentence
    was an Indian jurist
  • Member Of: Supreme Court of India, Wikipedia lead paragraph
    13 September 2012) was an Indian jurist, who served as the 21st Chief Justice of India, from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He was also
  • Member Of: Supreme Court of India, Wikipedia category: Chief justices of India
    Category:Chief justices of India
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2. Wikidata: Ranganath Misra
  • Wikidata Q12448533, P569 date of birth claim (year)
    P569 (date of birth): 1926
  • Wikidata Q12448533, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
    P569 (date of birth): 1926-11-25
  • Wikidata Q12448533, P570 date of death claim (year)
    P570 (date of death): 2012
  • Wikidata Q12448533, P570 date of death claim (full date)
    P570 (date of death): 2012-09-13
  • Wikidata Q12448533, P19 place of birth claim
    P19 (place of birth): Banapur
  • Wikidata Q12448533, P20 place of death claim
    P20 (place of death): Bhubaneswar
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