Kailas Nath Wanchoo

Kailas Nath Wanchoo (25 February 1903 – 14 August 1988) was the tenth Chief Justice of India.

He was born in Allahabad into a Kashmiri Pandit family and was educated on primary at Nowgong, Madhya Pradesh and middle at Pandit Pirthi Nath High School, Kanpur, Muir Central College, Allahabad and Wadham College, Oxford. He joined the Indian Civil Service as Joint Magistrate on 1 December 1926 in Uttar Pradesh.

Career He was appointed as Judge of Allahabad High Court on 17 February 1947. In April 1967, he was sworn in as a Chief Justice of India following the retirement of Koka Subba Rao from the position on announcing his presidential campaign.

Over the course of his Supreme Court tenure, Wanchoo authored 355 judgments and sat on 1,286 benches.

As Chief Justice of India, he administered the oath of office to the 3rd President of India Zakir Husain.

Official positions Allahabad High Court Judge, Feb. 1947-Jan. 1951 Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice 1951-58(Longest time period as chief justice in Rajasthan HC) Uttar Pradesh Judicial Reforms Committee Chairman, 1950–51 Indore Firing Inquiry Commission Sole Member, 1954 Dholpur Succession Case Commission Chairman, 1955 Law Commission Member, 1955. Chief Justice of India on 12 April 1967. Retired 24 February 1968.