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'''Bhagwati Prasad (judge)''' (13 May 1949 – 19 November 2017) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Prasad was born in 1949 at Bahadra, [[Hanumangarh district]] of [[Rajasthan]]. He passed B.Sc. in 1969 from [[Govt. Post Graduate College, Hisar]] and completed [[LL.B]]. in 1972 from [[Dungar College]] of [[Bikaner]]. In 1986, Parsad also passed [[LL.M]]. from [[University of Jodhpur]]. He was the member of Rotary International and visited [[United States|USA]] in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in/honble-mr-justice-bhagwati-prasad|title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhagwati Prasad|access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Prasad was enrolled as an advocate on 2 September 1972 in Rajasthan Bar Council and became the secretary, Rajasthan High Court Advocates Association in 1976. He practiced 24 years in the [[Rajasthan High Court]]. In 1996 he was appointed as a judge of the Rajasthan High Court and on 7 February 2008 he was transferred to the [[Gujarat High Court]]. Justice Prasad was elevated as the Chief Justice of [[Jharkhand High Court]] on 22 August 2010 and retired on 12 May 2011. After that he was the chairperson of the [[Gujarat State Human Rights Commission]] on 4 August 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/justice-bhagwati-prasad-passes-away/1192001|title=Justice Bhagwati Prasad passes away|date=19 November 2017|work=Outlook|location=India|agency=PTI|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> Justice Prasad died on 19 November 2017 at the age of 68.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/justice-bhagwati-prasad-passes-away-1089972-2017-11-19|title=Justice Bhagwati Prasad passes away|website=indiatoday.in|access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Chief Justices of the Jharkhand High Court]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hanumangarh district]]<br />
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