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'''Sir Shadi Lal''' (14 May 1874 – 27 March 1945) was an Indian jurist.<ref name=":0">{{Who's Who|id=231631}}</ref> He served as the [[Chief Justice of Lahore High Court|Chief Justice]] of [[Lahore High Court]] between 1920 and 1934, the first Indian head of an [[List of high courts in India|Indian high court]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sir Shadi Lal|date=28 March 1945|work=[[The Times]]|page=7}}</ref><br />
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Born in [[Rewari]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], Lal was educated at [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] and [[Balliol College, Oxford]]. He was called to the English bar at [[Gray's Inn]] in 1899. Returning to India, he was called to the Lahore bar, and became Principal of the Law College, Lahore, and Dean of the Law Faculty of Punjab University. He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Council by Punjab University in 1909, and was re-elected in 1912 and 1913.<br />
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Lal was appointed a Judge of the Lahore High Court in 1919, and promoted Chief Justice in 1920, becoming the first Indian to head an Indian high court. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1921. In 1934 he was appointed to the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] and sworn of the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] under the provisions of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1929, in succession to [[Dinshah Fardunji Mulla|Sir Dinshah Mulla]]. He resigned in 1938 and returned to India.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Legacy<br />
Haryana Government has named Civil Hospital of District Rewari after him which was also extended to Trauma cantre.<br />
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