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{{short description|35th Chief Justice of India}}
{{Infobox Judge
| name = Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
| image = File:Chief Justice of India Justice Ramesh Chandra Lahoti at his swearing-in ceremony (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| caption = Ramesh at his swearing ceremony
| order = 35th
| office = Chief Justice of India
| termstart = 1 June 2004
| termend = 31 October 2005
| nominator =
| appointer = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
| predecessor = [[S. Rajendra Babu]]
| successor = [[Y. K. Sabharwal]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1940|11|1}}<ref name=sci-profile>{{cite web|title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/rcji/35rclahoti.htm|work=Former Hon'ble Chief Justices' of India|publisher=Supreme Court of India|access-date=2012-06-29}}</ref>
| birth_place = Guna, Madhya Pradesh, India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Kaushalya Lahoti
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice of India (Retd.)
| children =
}}
'''Ramesh Chandra Lahoti''' (born 1 November 1940) was the 35th [[Chief Justice of India]], serving from 1 June 2004 to 1 November 2005.<ref name="sci">{{cite web|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/rclahoti.htm |title=R. C. Lahoti (CJI) |publisher=[[Supreme Court of India]] |access-date=2010-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402003123/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/rclahoti.htm |archive-date=2 April 2010 }}</ref>

==Education and early career==
He joined the [[Bar (law)|Bar]] in [[Guna district]] in 1960 and enrolled as an advocate in 1962. In April 1977, he was recruited directly from the Bar to the State Higher Judicial Service and was appointed as a District & Sessions Judge. After functioning as a District & Sessions Judge for a year, he resigned in May 1978 and reverted to the Bar for practice mainly in the High Court.<ref name="sci" /> He was appointed the Additional Judge of the [[Madhya Pradesh]] High Court on 3 May 1988 and made permanent Judge on 4 August 1989. Lahoti was transferred to [[Delhi High Court]] on 7 February 1994. He was appointed as a Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]] on 9 December 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/former_rclahoti.htm |title=Justice R C Lahoti |publisher=[[Delhi High Court]] |access-date=2010-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022214731/http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/former_rclahoti.htm |archive-date=22 October 2010 }}</ref> He retired on his 65th birthday giving him a term of 18 months. His predecessor had a term of just 1 month.

==Achievements==
Justice Lahoti, a noted jurist, is economic with words and probably the least vocal among recent Chief Justices. He served one of the longest terms as Chief Justice in recent years, retiring from office after 17 months.

In November 2004, Chief Justice Lahoti, broke ground with many of his predecessors who had expressed concern about the growing corruption within the judiciary, by proclaiming that the judiciary in India was 'clean'. This was an astounding statement, especially in the light of frequent exposés in the media about errant judges across the country.

Chief Justice's handling of judicial transfers has also attracted controversy. In February 2005, Chief Justice BK Roy was transferred from the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Haryana High Court]] to the Guwahati High Court, on Chief Justice Lahoti's watch.<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050930/nation.htm#1|title=Nariman raises Roy's transfer issue with CJI|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=2010-02-06}}</ref>

;Population control
Justice Lahoti upheld a Haryana law that did not allow those with more than two children to contest local body elections. He rejected arguments based on right to privacy and religion.<ref name="rediff">{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/29spec2.htm|title=Chief Justice Lahoti: Quietly assertive|publisher=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=2010-02-06}}</ref>

;Migrants
He quashed the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act on migrants to [[Assam]].<ref name="rediff" />

==Post-retirement activities==
He is on the Advisory Board of the [[IIMUN|Indian International Model United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iimun.in/index.php/home/advisor_board |title=IIMUN: Advisor Board |date=2017 |website=www.iimun.in |access-date=2017-12-04}}</ref>
Justice Lahoti is also the Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the [https://manavrachna.edu.in/latest/fifth-meeting-of-the-advisory-board/ Faculty of Law at Manav Rachna University].

==References==
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Ramesh Chandra Lahoti - Revision history

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