Sir Ronald Francis Lodge (8 April 1889 – 3 March 1960) was a British judge in India. A member of the

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British Raj, British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 3 ...

, Lodge was a puisne judge of the

Calcutta High Court The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It is located at Esplanade Row West, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T ...

from 1941 to 1948. After Indian independence, he became the first Chief Justice of the Assam High Court from 1948 to 1949. He was also acting

Governor of Assam This is a list of governors of Assam, and other offices of similar scope, from the start of British occupation of the area in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War. The governor of Assam is the nominal head of the Indian state of Assam. The ...

. He was one of the judges who heard the appeal in the Bhawal case.{{fact, date=February 2023

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Knights Bachelor British India judges Judges of the Calcutta High Court Chief justices of the Gauhati High Court Indian Civil Service (British India) officers