Sarv Mittra Sikri

Sarv Mittra Sikri (1908 to 1992) was the thirteenth Chief Justice of India, serving from January 1971 to April 1973. He studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge, trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn, and practiced criminal and civil law in Lahore before independence, later becoming the first Advocate-General of Punjab in 1956 and the first judge appointed to the Supreme Court of India directly from the bar in 1964. As Chief Justice he sat on the bench that decided I.C. Golaknath v. State of Punjab, which limited Parliament's power to amend fundamental rights.