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'''Guman Mal Lodha''' (1926 – 22 March 2009) was the chief justice of [[Gauhati High Court]] and former member of [[Lok Sabha]].
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Guman Mal Lodha
| office              = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term                = 1989 - 1991
| predecessor        = Shankar Lal
| successor          = Himself
| constituency        = [[Pali Lok Sabha constituency|Pali]]
| 1blankname          = [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Speaker]]
| 1namedata          = [[Rabi Ray]]
| term1              = 1991 - 1996
| predecessor1        = Himself
| successor1          = Himself
| constituency1      = [[Pali Lok Sabha constituency|Pali]]
| 1blankname1        = [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Speaker]]
| 1namedata1          = [[Shivraj Patil]]
| term2              = 1996 - 1998
| predecessor2        = Himself
| successor2          = Mitha Lal Jain
| constituency2      = [[Pali Lok Sabha constituency|Pali]]
| 1blankname2        = [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Speaker]]
| 1namedata2          = [[P. A. Sangma]]
| office3            = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Gauhati High Court|19th Chief Justice]] of [[Gauhati High Court]]
| term3              = 1 March 1988 - 15 March 1988
| predecessor3        = K. N. Saika
| successor3          = [[Anisetti Raghuvir]]
| nominator3          = [[R. S. Pathak]]
| appointer3          = [[R. Venkataraman]]
| office4            = [[Judge]] of [[Rajasthan High Court]]
| term4              = 1 May 1978 - 28 February 1988
| nominator4          = [[Y. V. Chandrachud]]
| appointer4          = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
| office5            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the]] [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| term5              = 1972 - 1977
| predecessor5        = [[Barkatullah Khan]]
| successor5          = Birad Mal Singhvi
| constituency5      = [[Jodhpur Assembly constituency|Jodhpur]]
| 1blankname5        = [[List of speakers of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]
| 1namedata5          = [[Ram Kishore Vyas]]
| office6            = President of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Jana Sangh]], Rajasthan
| term6              = 1969 - 1971
| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|3|16}}
| death_date          = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|3|22|1926|3|16}}
| birth_place        = [[Didwana]], [[Nagaur]] [[Rajasthan]]
| death_place        = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]
| relations          = {{ubl|[[Chand Mal Lodha]] (Brother)|[[Rajendra Mal Lodha]] (Nephew)}}
| party              = [[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
| otherparty          = [[Bhartiya Jana Sangh|Jan Sangh]]
| occupation          = [[Politician]], [[Lawyer]] and [[Judge]]
| alma_mater          = Jawant College, [[Jodhpur]]
| education          = [[B. Com]], [[LL. B.]]
| children            = [[Mangal Lodha]]
}}


Born in 1926 in [[Didwana]], [[Nagaur District]] in [[Rajasthan]], India, Lodha graduated with BCom and LLB degrees at Jaswant College, [[Jodhpur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11rj20.htm |title=lsrj01 |publisher=Parliamentofindia.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> He participated in the freedom movement and was imprisoned in 1942. He joined politics and was the President of [[Rajasthan]] state unit of [[Jan Sangh]] from 1969 to 1971.
'''Guman Mal Lodha''' (16 March 1926 – 22 March 2009) was a retired Indian judge, a former chief justice of [[Gauhati High Court]] and former member of [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Loksabha members : Lodha , Shri Gumanmal - Data is Info: Data is more useful if it is made available in a better format. |url=https://datais.info/loksabha/members/Lodha+,+Shri+Gumanmal/51bfc83a419c7990c171f579e13cae4f/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Data is Info |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-24 |title=Decode Politics: In judiciary battle, BJP and Congress take aim at old ghosts. Who are Baharul Islam and Gumanmal Lodha? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/decode-politics-judiciary-battle-bjp-congress-baharul-islam-gumanmal-lodha-9962596/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>


== Positions held ==
== Early life and career ==
* 1969-71 President, Jan Sangh, Rajasthan
He was Born in  a [[Marwari Jain]] family <ref name="lokatantra">{{Cite web |title=Lokatantra – vidhansabhacandidates |url=https://www.lokatantra.in/vidhansabhacandidates/getcandidatesdetails/187/type= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506163039/https://www.lokatantra.in/vidhansabhacandidates/getcandidatesdetails/187/type= |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=2021-05-06 |website=www.lokatantra.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Saurabh |date=2015-11-15 |title=BJP reaches out to Muslims |url=https://www.asianage.com/mumbai/bjp-reaches-out-muslims-688 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=www.asianage.com |language=en}}</ref>  in 1926 in [[Didwana]], [[Nagaur District]] in [[Rajasthan]], India, Lodha graduated with BCom and LLB degrees at Jaswant College, [[Jodhpur]].<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=lsrj01 |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11rj20.htm |accessdate=2012-02-29 |publisher=Parliamentofindia.nic.in}}</ref> He participated in the freedom movement and was imprisoned in 1942. He joined politics and was the President of [[Rajasthan]] state unit of [[Jan Sangh]] from 1969 to 1971.
* 1972-77 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly; Chairman, Committee on Petitions and Committee on Delegated Legislation, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Member, Business Advisory Committee and Panel of Chairman, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly; Leader, Jan Sangh Legislature Party, Rajasthan
* 1978-88 Judge, Rajasthan High Court
* 1988 Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court, Guwahati
* 1989 Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
* 1989 onwards Member, National Executive, B.J.P.
* 1989-91 Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Law and Justice
* 1990-91 Member, General Purposes Committee
* 1991 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)
* 1992-94 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
* 1992-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
* 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time


Lodha had been a judge in Rajasthan High court and retired as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court. He had also been a worker for the cause of animals and cows in India. He served as the Chairman for Animal Welfare Board of India and [[National Commission on Cattle]].
His son [[Mangal Lodha]] is also politician and currently minister in [[Government of Maharashtra]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=BJP's Mangal Lodha wins Malabar seat in Maharashtra 2024 polls |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjps-mangal-lodha-leads-from-malabar-hills-seat-in-maharashtra-poll-results-101732281639827.html}}</ref> and founder of [[Macrotech Developers]]. His grandsons are engaged in legal battle over Lodha trademark and the matter is pending before Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-31 |title=Lodha trademark row: Retired SC judge appointed mediator in feud between Maharashtra minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha's sons |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/lodha-trademark-row-retired-sc-judge-appointed-mediator-9809575/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>


He died on 22 March 2009, in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) after suffering from cancer for five years. People for Animals (PFA) Haryana Chairman Naresh Kadyan, representative of OIPA in India, announced a "Justice Guman Mal Lodha Memorial National Award" to the former Superintendent of Faridabad Police Srikant Jhadav, IPS.
== See also ==
 
* [[1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[List of members of the 9th Lok Sabha]]
* [[List of members of the 10th Lok Sabha]]
* [[List of members of the 11th Lok Sabha]]


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090323/1205607.html Guman Mal Lodha's obituary]
* [http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090323/1205607.html Guman Mal Lodha's obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307132423/http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20090323/1205607.html |date=7 March 2012 }}
* https://ghconline.gov.in/index.php/former-honourable-chief-justices-of-gauhati-high-court/


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Guman Mal Lodha
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1989 - 1991
SpeakerRabi Ray
Preceded byShankar Lal
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyPali
In office
1991 - 1996
SpeakerShivraj Patil
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyPali
In office
1996 - 1998
SpeakerP. A. Sangma
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byMitha Lal Jain
ConstituencyPali
19th Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court
In office
1 March 1988 - 15 March 1988
Nominated byR. S. Pathak
Appointed byR. Venkataraman
Preceded byK. N. Saika
Succeeded byAnisetti Raghuvir
Judge of Rajasthan High Court
In office
1 May 1978 - 28 February 1988
Nominated byY. V. Chandrachud
Appointed byNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
1972 - 1977
SpeakerRam Kishore Vyas
Preceded byBarkatullah Khan
Succeeded byBirad Mal Singhvi
ConstituencyJodhpur
President of Jana Sangh, Rajasthan
In office
1969 - 1971
Personal details
Born(1926-03-16)16 March 1926
Didwana, Nagaur Rajasthan
Died22 March 2009(2009-03-22) (aged 83)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party
Other political
affiliations		Jan Sangh
Relations
ChildrenMangal Lodha
EducationB. Com, LL. B.
Alma materJawant College, Jodhpur
OccupationPolitician, Lawyer and Judge

Guman Mal Lodha (16 March 1926 – 22 March 2009) was a retired Indian judge, a former chief justice of Gauhati High Court and former member of Lok Sabha.[1][2]

Early life and career[edit | edit source]

He was Born in a Marwari Jain family [3][4] in 1926 in Didwana, Nagaur District in Rajasthan, India, Lodha graduated with BCom and LLB degrees at Jaswant College, Jodhpur.[5] He participated in the freedom movement and was imprisoned in 1942. He joined politics and was the President of Rajasthan state unit of Jan Sangh from 1969 to 1971.

His son Mangal Lodha is also politician and currently minister in Government of Maharashtra[6] and founder of Macrotech Developers. His grandsons are engaged in legal battle over Lodha trademark and the matter is pending before Supreme Court of India.[7]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Loksabha members : Lodha , Shri Gumanmal - Data is Info: Data is more useful if it is made available in a better format". Data is Info. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Decode Politics: In judiciary battle, BJP and Congress take aim at old ghosts. Who are Baharul Islam and Gumanmal Lodha?". The Indian Express. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Lokatantra – vidhansabhacandidates". www.lokatantra.in. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Kumar, Saurabh (15 November 2015). "BJP reaches out to Muslims". www.asianage.com. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "lsrj01". Parliamentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "BJP's Mangal Lodha wins Malabar seat in Maharashtra 2024 polls".
  7. ↑ "Lodha trademark row: Retired SC judge appointed mediator in feud between Maharashtra minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha's sons". The Indian Express. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.

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