Chand Mal Lodha

Hon'ble Chief Justice
Chand Mal Lodha
12th Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
In office
12 March 1979 – 9 July 1980
Nominated byY. V. Chandrachud
Appointed byNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
Preceded byC. Honniah
Succeeded byK. D. Sharma
12th Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court
In office
6 July 1978 – 11 March 1979
Nominated byY. V. Chandrachud
Appointed byNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
Preceded byM. Sadanand Swami
Succeeded byBaharul Islam
Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office
28 June 1976 – 5 July 1978
Nominated byAjit Nath Ray
Appointed byFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Judge of Rajasthan High Court
In office
22 November 1967 – 27 June 1976
Nominated byKailas Nath Wanchoo
Appointed byZakir Husain
Personal details
Born(1918-07-10)10 July 1918
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Died28 January 2012(2012-01-28) (aged 93)
Relations
EducationL. L. B.

Chand Mal Lodha (18 July 1918 – 28 January 2012) was an Indian judge, a chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court and the Guwahati High Court.

He was born in 1918 at Jodhpur in Rajasthan, and graduated as a gold medalist LLB from Allahabad in 1940. He was appointed judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 22 November 1967 and served till 27 June 1976 . He was transferred to Madhya Pradesh High Court in 1976 where he served till 1978.[1] He later became chief justice of the Guwahati High Court in 1978 and transferred to Rajasthan High Court back in 1979. Post retirement in 1980, he started practicing as a Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and remained in active practice until 1996.

References

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  1. ^ "Judge's Profile | High Court of Madhya Pradesh". mphc.gov.in. Retrieved 9 August 2025.