1. Madan Bhimarao Lokur was born on 31 December 1953 and is an Indian jurist.
12 Facts About Madan Lokur
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Madan Lokur is former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
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Madan Lokur is a former chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and Gauhati High Court and judge of the Delhi High Court.
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Madan Lokur later attended St Joseph's College, Allahabad for his ISC examinations.
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Madan Lokur obtained his law degree from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
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Madan Lokur was elevated to the bench on 19 February 1999.
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Madan Lokur joined the Delhi High Court as an additional judge.
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Madan Lokur was appointed a permanent judge of that High Court on 5 July 1999.
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Madan Lokur functioned as the acting chief justice of the Delhi High Court from 13 February 2010 to 21 May 2010 before being transferred as the chief justice of the Gauhati High Court from 24 June 2010 to 14 November 2011 and High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad from 15 November 2011 to 3 June 2012.
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Madan Lokur was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on 4 June 2012.
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Madan Lokur retired as senior most judge of Supreme Court on 30 December 2018.
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Madan Lokur is a judge of the non-resident panel of the Supreme court of Fiji, and by far the first Indian judge to become a judge of a foreign country.