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{{Short description|6th Chief Justice of India}}
{{Short description|Chief Justice of India from 1959 to 1964}}
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| name       = Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
| name = Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
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| order       = 6th
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| term_start = {{Start date|1959|10|01|df=yes}}
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| nominator   =  
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| appointer   = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
| appointer = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
| predecessor   = [[Sudhi Ranjan Das]]
| predecessor = [[Sudhi Ranjan Das]]
| successor   = [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]]
| successor = [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]]
| office1 = Chief Justice of [[Bombay High Court]]
| office2 = 4th [[Chief Justice]] of Nagpur High court
| predecessor1 = Prakash Chandra Tatia <br> D. N. Patel (acting)
| appointer2 = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
| birth_date = {{Birth_date|1899|02|01|df=yes}}
| successor2 = [[M. Hidayatullah|Mohammed Hidayatullah]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth_date|1899|02|01|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|11|12|1899|02|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Shahabad district|Shahabad]], [[Bengal Presidency]] (Now in [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur]], [[Bihar]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|11|12|1899|02|01|df=yes}}
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| term2 = 24 February 1951 – 2 December 1954
| office3 = Judge of [[Patna High Court]]
| 1blankname3 = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Patna High Court|Chief Justice]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Arthur Trevor Harries]]
| appointer3 = [[Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow|Lord Linlithgow]]
| term3 = 19 January 1943 – 23 February 1951
| office1 = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]
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| term_end1 = {{Start date|1959|9|30|df=yes}}
| nominator1 = [[Mehr Chand Mahajan]]
| appointer1 = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
| alma_mater = [[Patna College]]<br />[[Patna Law College]]
| education = [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (Hons.), [[Master of Arts|M. A.]]
| children = Rameshwar Prasad Sinha
| relations = {{ubl|[[B. P. Singh (judge)|B. P. Singh]] (grandson)|[[Shiva Kirti Singh|S. K. Singh]] (grandson)|[[Aparesh Kumar Singh|A. K. Singh]] (great grandson)}}
| predecessor2 = [[Vivian Bose]]
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'''Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha''' of [[Shahabad district|Shahabad]] (now [[Bhojpur district, Bihar|Bhojpur]]), [[Bengal Presidency]] (1 February 1899 – 12 November 1986) was the 6th [[Chief Justice of India]] (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964). He also served as the president of the [[Bharat Scouts and Guides]] from April 1965 to February 1967. Mr. Sinha was born and brought up in a prominent upper cast Hindu [[Rajput]] family of Rajwada Gajiyapur Estate, Sinha Arrah (present Bhojpur) District. His grandson [[B. P. Singh (judge)|B. P. Singh]] is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
'''Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha''' [Title: Sinha] of [[Shahabad district|Shahabad]] (now [[Bhojpur district, Bihar|Bhojpur]]), [[Bengal Presidency]] (1 February 1899 – 12 November 1986) was the 6th [[Chief Justice of India]] (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964). He also served as the president of the [[Bharat Scouts and Guides]] from April 1965 to February 1967.


Sinha served as the Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]] from 1 October 1959 to 31 January 1964.
Sinha served as the Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]] from 1 October 1959 to 31 January 1964. Over the course of his Supreme Court tenure, Sinha authored 137 judgments and sat on 684 benches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=B.P. Sinha |url=https://www.scobserver.in/judges/justice-bhuvaneshwar-prasad-sinha/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Supreme Court Observer |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Life==
Sinha was born and brought up in a prominent [[Rajput]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://files.catbox.moe/46816w.pdf#page=2|title=Reminiscences and Reflections of a Chief Justice}}</ref> (Kshatriya) family of Rajwada Gajiyapur Estate, Arrah (present Bhojpur) District. His grandson [[B. P. Singh (judge)|B. P. Singh]] is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mandhani |first=Apoorva |date=2025-04-04 |title=Legal pedigree not just entrenched in SC. 1 in 3 HC judges related to judges, ex-judges or lawyers |url=https://theprint.in/judiciary/legal-pedigree-not-just-entrenched-in-sc-1-in-3-hc-judges-related-to-judges-ex-judges-or-lawyers/2575798/ |access-date=2025-08-06 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>


A deeply religious man,  following his retirement, Sinha led a quiet life mostly devoted to spiritual pursuits, though he did accept a number of private arbitration cases. Becoming blind in his later years, he died in 1986.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gardbois Jr. |first=George H. |title=Judges of the Supreme Court of India 1950-1989 |year=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-807061-0 |pages=20–30}}</ref>
A deeply religious man,  following his retirement, Sinha led a quiet life mostly devoted to spiritual pursuits, though he did accept a number of private arbitration cases. Becoming blind in his later years, he died in 1986.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gardbois Jr. |first=George H. |title=Judges of the Supreme Court of India 1950-1989 |year=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-807061-0 |pages=20–30}}</ref>
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He was educated at the [[Arrah]] [[Arrah Zila School|Zilla School]], [[Patna College]] and [[Patna Law College]].
He was educated at the [[Arrah]] [[Arrah Zila School|Zilla School]], [[Patna College]] and [[Patna Law College]].


Sinha topped the list of candidates at the [[B.A. (Hons)]] in 1919 and [[Master of Arts|M.A]] in 1921 at the Patna University. He was a Vakil in the [[Patna High Court]] from 1922to 1927. Later he became an advocate in 1927 and also got the position of Lecturer at the Govt. Law College, Patna, both of which he remained till 1935. He also was a member of the Senate of the Faculty of Law and of the Board of Examiners in Law, Patna Univ. He became the member of the Court of the [[Benaras Hindu University]] where he was a Government Pleader from 1935 to 1939. He was [[Sinha Library|Srimati Radhika Sinha]] Gold Medalist for standing first in History.
Sinha topped the list of candidates at the [[B.A. (Hons)]] in 1919 and [[Master of Arts|M.A]] in 1921 at the Patna University. He was a Vakil in the [[Patna High Court]] from 1922 to 1927. Later he became an advocate in 1927 and also got the position of Lecturer at the Govt. Law College, Patna, both of which he remained till 1935. He also was a member of the Senate of the Faculty of Law and of the Board of Examiners in Law, Patna Univ. He became the member of the Court of the [[Benaras Hindu University]] where he was a Government Pleader from 1935 to 1939. He was [[Sinha Library|Srimati Radhika Sinha]] Gold Medalist for standing first in History.


He became an Assistant Govt. Advocate in 1940 and the Judge of Patna High Court in 1943. He was elevated to the position of the Chief Justice of Nagpur High Court in 1951 and eventually to the Judge of Supreme Court in December 1954 at which he remained till September 30 1959.  
He became an Assistant Govt. Advocate in 1940 and the Judge of Patna High Court on 19 January 1943.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Appointment of B. P. Sinha as Judge of the Supreme Court of India |url=https://www.indianculture.gov.in/archives/appointment-mr-justice-bp-sinha-chief-justice-nagpur-high-court-be-judge-supreme-court}}</ref> He was elevated to the position of the Chief Justice of [[Madhya Pradesh High Court#Nagpur High Court|Nagpur High Court]] in 1951 and eventually to the Judge of [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] in December 1954 at which he remained till 30 September 1959. He finally became the [[Chief Justice of India]] in 1959 and remained so till 1964 and then he retired.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chief Justice & Judges {{!}} SUPREME COURT OF INDIA |url=https://api.sci.gov.in/chief-justice-judges |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=main.sci.gov.in |archive-date=14 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250614163408/https://www.api.sci.gov.in/chief-justice-judges |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He finally became the [[Chief Justice of India]] in 1959 and remained so till 1964 and then he retired.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chief Justice & Judges {{!}} SUPREME COURT OF INDIA |url=https://main.sci.gov.in/chief-justice-judges |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=main.sci.gov.in}}</ref>


==Published works==
==Published works==
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Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
alt
6th Chief Justice of India
In office
1 October 1959 (1959-10-01) – 31 January 1964 (1964-01-31)
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Preceded bySudhi Ranjan Das
Succeeded byP. B. Gajendragadkar
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office
3 December 1954 (1954-12-03) – 30 September 1959 (1959-09-30)
Nominated byMehr Chand Mahajan
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
4th Chief Justice of Nagpur High court
In office
24 February 1951 – 2 December 1954
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Preceded byVivian Bose
Succeeded byMohammed Hidayatullah
Judge of Patna High Court
In office
19 January 1943 – 23 February 1951
Appointed byLord Linlithgow
Chief JusticeArthur Trevor Harries
Personal details
Born(1899-02-01)1 February 1899
Shahabad, Bengal Presidency (Now in Bhojpur, Bihar, India)
Died12 November 1986(1986-11-12) (aged 87)
Relations
ChildrenRameshwar Prasad Sinha
EducationB.A. (Hons.), M. A.
Alma materPatna College
Patna Law College

Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha [Title: Sinha] of Shahabad (now Bhojpur), Bengal Presidency (1 February 1899 – 12 November 1986) was the 6th Chief Justice of India (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964). He also served as the president of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from April 1965 to February 1967.

Sinha served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from 1 October 1959 to 31 January 1964. Over the course of his Supreme Court tenure, Sinha authored 137 judgments and sat on 684 benches.[1]

Life[edit | edit source]

Sinha was born and brought up in a prominent Rajput[2] (Kshatriya) family of Rajwada Gajiyapur Estate, Arrah (present Bhojpur) District. His grandson B. P. Singh is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.[3]

A deeply religious man, following his retirement, Sinha led a quiet life mostly devoted to spiritual pursuits, though he did accept a number of private arbitration cases. Becoming blind in his later years, he died in 1986.[4]

Career[edit | edit source]

He was educated at the Arrah Zilla School, Patna College and Patna Law College.

Sinha topped the list of candidates at the B.A. (Hons) in 1919 and M.A in 1921 at the Patna University. He was a Vakil in the Patna High Court from 1922 to 1927. Later he became an advocate in 1927 and also got the position of Lecturer at the Govt. Law College, Patna, both of which he remained till 1935. He also was a member of the Senate of the Faculty of Law and of the Board of Examiners in Law, Patna Univ. He became the member of the Court of the Benaras Hindu University where he was a Government Pleader from 1935 to 1939. He was Srimati Radhika Sinha Gold Medalist for standing first in History.

He became an Assistant Govt. Advocate in 1940 and the Judge of Patna High Court on 19 January 1943.[5] He was elevated to the position of the Chief Justice of Nagpur High Court in 1951 and eventually to the Judge of Supreme Court in December 1954 at which he remained till 30 September 1959. He finally became the Chief Justice of India in 1959 and remained so till 1964 and then he retired.[6]

Published works[edit | edit source]

  • Reminiscences and Reflections of a Chief Justice ISBN 81-7018-253-0, 1985, 1st ed.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "B.P. Sinha". Supreme Court Observer. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Reminiscences and Reflections of a Chief Justice" (PDF).
  3. ↑ Mandhani, Apoorva (4 April 2025). "Legal pedigree not just entrenched in SC. 1 in 3 HC judges related to judges, ex-judges or lawyers". ThePrint. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Gardbois Jr., George H. (2011). Judges of the Supreme Court of India 1950-1989. Oxford University Press. pp. 20–30. ISBN 978-0-19-807061-0.
  5. ↑ "Appointment of B. P. Sinha as Judge of the Supreme Court of India".
  6. ↑ "Chief Justice & Judges | SUPREME COURT OF INDIA". main.sci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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1965–1967 		Succeeded by
Sir Chandulal M. Trivedi
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