Senior most Judge at the Supreme Court of India, Hon’ble Mr Justice TS Thakur would deliver prestigious Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan lecture on April 11 at the Gymnasium Hall, Panjab University (PU) Campus.
Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan was the first recipient of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) from the Panjab University and received the honour along with the then Deputy Prime Minister of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on March 5, 1949. Justice Mahajan was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Prior to that he was the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during the reign of Maharaja Hari Singh and had played a key role in the accession of J&K to India. He was the Indian National Congress nominee on the Radcliff Commission that defined the boundaries of India and Pakistan. Justice Mahajan was known as an accomplished lawyer, a respected judge, and an influential politician. He was also a
Justice Thakur is the Chief Guest at the PU Law Convocation, where he would deliver the Convocation address as the Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan lecture.
Justice Thakur has served as the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. He was elevated as Judge of Supreme Court in November, 2009. Now he is the senior most Judge in the Supreme Court of India after Chief Justice of India.