Siba Narain Sankar (born 13 October 1915) was an Indian Judge who served as the 8th Chief Justice of

Orissa High Court The Orissa High Court is the High Courts of India, High Court for the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Odisha. The then Bengal Presidency was a vast province including present day Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West ...

Career

Sankar was born on 13th October 1915 in

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. He completed his educational career in

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and joined the Bar in 1937. In 1960 he was appointed as the Additional Counsel of Central Government and later on became the Central Government Counsel in

Delhi High Court The High Court of Delhi ( Hindustani: दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय; ''dillī uchcha nyāyālaya'') is the high court in Delhi, India. It was established on 31 October 1966, through the ''Delhi High Court Act, 1966. ...

. He was also the President of the Delhi Bar Association. He was elevated to the Bench of

on 25.5.1967 and became the Chief Justice of

from 1 November 1975 to 12 October 1977.

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