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{{infobox person |name = Orby Howell Mootham |birth_date = 1901 |birth_place = [[London]]| death_date = 1995 |death_place = |nationality = [[England|English]] |occupation = judge }}<br />
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'''Orby Howell Mootham''' (1901 - 1995) was a British-Indian civil servant and judge. He was an [[Indian Civil Service]] officer.<br />
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== Life ==<br />
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He was born in 1901.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://lawandotherthings.com/2017/01/a-brief-biographical-sketch-of-sir-orby-howell-mootham/|title=A Brief Biographical Sketch of Sir Orby Howell Mootham|first=Douglas|last=McDonald-Norman|date=January 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto2">[https://www.myheritage.com/names/orby_mootham]</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.opiniontandoor.in/the-struggle-for-high-court-bench-in-agra-a-ball-in-no-ones-court/|title=The Struggle for High Court Bench in Agra: A Ball in No one’s Court|first=Opinion|last=तंदूर|date=March 13, 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Education ==<br />
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He graduated with an MSc in Economics from the University of London and was admitted to the Bar in 1926.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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He began his legal practice in Rangoon, Burma in 1927, largely because he was unable to afford the high expenses of starting a legal practice in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2"/><br />
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He served in a number of judicial roles. He served as Deputy Judge Advocate in Burma from 1940 to 1942), as assistant to the Judge Advocate General in India from 1942 to 1945, and also as the Chief Judicial Officer in Burma until 1945, and as an acting judge of the Rangoon High Court from 1945 to 1946.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2"/><br />
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He was appointed to the Allahabad High Court in 1946 and retired from that role in 1961.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/><br />
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=== Awards and Honours ===<br />
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He received a knighthood from [[Elizabeth II]] in [[1962 New Year Honours|the year 1962]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/><br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://lawandotherthings.com/2017/01/a-brief-biographical-sketch-of-sir-orby-howell-mootham/ Official Biography]<br />
* [https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/8a9c8785-0c1e-3fdd-a002-80fcb37ebf33?component=6efcecf3-d98e-3da8-9920-e2d0836704a7 Interview with Sir Orby Mootham [sound recording] - Mootham Sir Orby - British in India Oral Archive Project - Archives Hub]<br />
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