Sam Piroj Bharucha

Sam Piroj Bharucha (May 6, 1937) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from November 2001 until his retirement in 2002.^[1]

He began his legal career as an advocate of the Bombay High Court in 1960, and was appointed an Additional Judge in 1977. His judgeship was made permanent in 1978, and in 1991 he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. In 1992, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of India, and became Chief Justice in 2001.^[2]

Bharucha is responsible for many significant legal decisions. He was part of the five judge constitutional panel which unanimously ruled on the 2001 dismissal of J. Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. It was the first and only such dismissal of a chief minister in India's history.^[3]

References

^ "National Events in November 2001". The Hindu. 1 November 2001. http://www.hinduonnet.com/revents/01/20010111.htm. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
^ "Honourable Mr. Justice Sam Piroj Bharucha". Bombay High Court. http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/judges/Bharucha%20S.P..html. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
^ VENKATESAN, V. (27 October 2001). "A new Chief Justice". Frontline. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fline/fl1822/18220840.htm. Retrieved 25 February 2010.

Preceded by A. S. Anand	Chief Justice of India 2 November 2001– 6 May 2002	Succeeded by B. N. Kirpal

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Name	Barucha, Sam Piroj
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Date of birth	6 May 1937
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