H. J. Kania

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Chief Justice Indian jurist person

H. J. Kania was an Indian jurist who became the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India after the country’s independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Justice ⓘ
Indian jurist ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedBy C. Rajagopalachari ⓘ
surface form: Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

Governor-General ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India
birthDate 1890-11-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Bombay Presidency ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Surat ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
deathDate 1951-11-06 ⓘ
deathPlace India ⓘ
New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
educatedAt Government Law College Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Government Law College, Bombay

Samaldas College, Bhavnagar ⓘ
University of Bombay ⓘ
endTime 1951-11-06 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Kania ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
law ⓘ
fullName Harilal Jekisundas Kania ⓘ
givenName Harilal ⓘ
inaugurated Supreme Court of India ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of India as its first Chief Justice
jurisdiction Supreme Court of India ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi
legalSystem common law ⓘ
memberOf Bombay Bar ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
notableFor being the first Chief Justice of independent India ⓘ
notableWork early constitutional decisions of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
officeAssumed Chief Justice of India ⓘ
positionHeld Acting Chief Justice of the Federal Court of India ⓘ
Chief Justice of India ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
Judge of the Bombay High Court ⓘ
Judge of the Federal Court of India ⓘ
precededBy Patrick Spens ⓘ
relative M. H. Kania ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
spouse Jivibai Kania ⓘ
startTime 1950-01-26 ⓘ
succeededBy M. Patanjali Sastri ⓘ
workedAt Bombay High Court ⓘ

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Chief Justice of India → firstHolder → H. J. Kania ⓘ
Federal Court of India → notableChiefJustice → H. J. Kania ⓘ
CJI → firstHolder → H. J. Kania ⓘ
subject surface form: Chief Justice of India