Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati
| P. N. Bhagwati | |
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| 17th Chief Justice of India | |
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In office 12 July 1985 – 20 December 1986 |
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| Appointed by | Giani Zail Singh |
| Preceded by | Y. V. Chandrachud |
| Succeeded by | R. S. Pathak |
| Governor of Gujarat (acting) | |
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In office 17 March 1973 – 4 April 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Shriman Narayan |
| Succeeded by | K. K. Viswanathan |
| Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court | |
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In office 16 August 1967 – 17 July 1973 |
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| Governor of Gujarat (acting) | |
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In office 7 December 1967 – 26 December 1967 |
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| Preceded by | Nityanand Kanungo |
| Succeeded by | Shriman Narayan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati 21 December 1921 Ahmedabad,Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Died | 15 June 2017 (aged 95) New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | Bombay University, Government Law College, Bombay |
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (21 December 1921 – 15 June 2017) was the 17th Chief Justice of India, serving from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. He introduced the concepts of public interest litigation and absolute liability in India, and for this reason is held, along with Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer, to be a pioneer of judicial activism in the country.
P. N. Bhagwati was born in Gujarat. His father was Justice Natwarlal H. Bhagwati, a Supreme Court judge. He was the brother of the economist Jagdish Bhagwati and the neurosurgeon S. N. Bhagwati. He was married to Prabhavati (née Shethji) and the couple have three daughters, Parul, Pallavi, and Sonali.
Bhagwati received his education in Mumbai. He studied at Elphinstone College, taking a Mathematics (Hons.) degree from Bombay University in 1941. In 1942, he courted arrest during the Indian Independence Movement and went underground for four months. He later received a law degree from Bombay University after studying at Government Law College, Bombay.
Bhagwati began his career practicing at the Bombay High Court. In July 1960, he was appointed a judge of the Gujarat High Court. In September 1967, he was appointed the Chief Justice of that court. On two occasions, he acted temporarily as Governor of Gujarat (7 December 1967 to 25 December 1967 and 17 March 1973 to 3 April 1973 In July 1973, he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. In August 1985, he became Chief Justice of India.
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