M. Y. Eqbal

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{{Short description|Indian lawyer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox judge
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| office1 = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]
| term_start1 = 24 December 2012
| term_end1 = 12 February 2016
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| office2 = Chief Justice of [[Madras High Court]]
| term_start2 = 11 June 2010
| term_end2 = 3 February 2013
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| predecessor2 = [[H. L. Gokhale]]
| successor2 = [[Rajesh Kumar Agrawal]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|2|13|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|5|7|1951|2|13|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], India
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'''M. Y. Eqbal''' (13 February 1951 – 7 May 2021) was an Indian judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/myeqbal.htm |title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.Y. Eqbal |publisher=Supremecourtofindia.nic.in |accessdate=2016-06-08 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017132007/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/myeqbal.htm |archivedate=17 October 2015 }}</ref> He served as [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]]. He served also as Chief Justice of the [[Madras High Court]]. He retired in February 2016.<ref>Murali, Krishnan. [http://barandbench.com/justice-my-eqbal-retires-vacancy-in-supreme-court-rises-to-6/ "Justice MY Eqbal retires; Vacancies in Supreme Court rise to 6"], ''Bar & Bench'' (February 13, 2016).</ref>

==Early life and education==
He was born on 13 February 1951, passed B.Sc. examination from [[Ranchi University]] in 1970 and obtained LL.B. Degree in 1974 with Distinction (Gold Medalist).

==Career==
Enrolled as an Advocate in 1975 and initially practised exclusively in civil side in civil courts, Ranchi, he shifted practice to Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court in 1986 and became Government Pleader in the Ranchi Bench of Patna High Court in 1990.

In 1993 he became Government Advocate in the High Court. In these periods he practised in civil, criminal, constitutional and tax matters. He also worked as retained Counsel and Legal Adviser of almost all the Banks, Insurance Company, Electricity Board, Housing Board, University and other Government and semi Government Undertakings. Appointed permanent Judge of the [[Patna High Court]] on 9 May 1996, by Notification dated 14 November 2000 he became the Judge of the [[Jharkhand High Court]]. He was the chief justice of the [[Madras High Court]] from 11 June 2010 to 21 December 2012 and elevated as Judge of Supreme Court of India on 24 December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=A Subramani |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-22/chennai/34652504_1_senior-judges-high-court-adequate-representation |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216083223/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-22/chennai/34652504_1_senior-judges-high-court-adequate-representation |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-16 |title=With more judges retiring, Madras high court backlog likely to go up |date=2012-10-22 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-05-16}}</ref>

His brother is also a judge in the Ranchi Lower Court.

Eqbal died from [[COVID-19]] in 2021 at the Medanta Hospital in the city of [[Gurgaon]].<ref>https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/former-supreme-court-judge-justice-my-eqbal-passes-away</ref>

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[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]

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