MR. D.P. Madon

B.A.(Hons.), LL.B. 1967-1983

Justice Dinshah Pirsha Madon, B.A.(Hons.) LL.B. : Born 7th April, 1921. Educated at Imperial High School, Bombay, Sardar Dastur Noshirwan High School, Poona, Elphinstone College, Bombay, Government Law College, Bombay. Enrolled Advocate Appellate Side on 21st November, 1944 and Advocate Original Side on 2nd November, 1945, of the High Court at Bombay and Advocate, Supreme Court, 31st May, 1952. Practised mostly on the Original Side of the Bombay High Court. Also appeared on the Appellate Side of Bombay High Court and in other Courts in India including the Supreme Court and in Foreign Courts, namely, the Court of Appeals for East Africa at Nairobi and in the Supreme Court of Aden. Mostly attended to Civil and Constitutional matters and some Taxation and Criminal matters. Part-time Professor of Law, Government Law College, Bombay, from 1952 to 1955. Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court at Bombay on 25th September, 1967. Appointed Permanent Judge on 6th August 1969. Appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court on 11th August 1982 and Chief Justice on 31st August 1982. Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court on 15th March 1983. Retried on 7th April 1986.