Jagmohanlal Sinha

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Jagmohanlal Sinha (born 12 May 1920 - 20 March 2008) was a former Indian Permanent Judge. He was known mostly for his 1975 ruling on the election of then Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi , in which he declared the election invalid. Events that followed his decision resulted in the Prime Minister declaring a state of emergency in India.

He was educated at Government High School in Aligarh, at Bareilly College in Bareilly, and at Meerut College in Meerut. He began his law practice as a pleader in Bareilly from 1943 to 1955. After that, he worked as District Government Counsel (Criminal) Bareilly until 3 June 1957. He has also worked as a Civil & Sessions Judge, Additional District Judge, District & Sessions Judge and Joint Secretary of the Law Department of the U.P. Govt. On 3 January 1970, he was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court. On 25 August 1972, he was appointed Permanent Judge. He finally retired from service in 1982.