Background
He was born in Allahabad and was educated at Pandit Pirthi Nath High School, Kanpur, Muir Central College, Allahabad and Wadham College, Oxford.
He was born in Allahabad and was educated at Pandit Pirthi Nath High School, Kanpur, Muir Central College, Allahabad and Wadham College, Oxford.
Wadham College; Allahabad University.
He joined the Indian Civil Service as Joint Magistrate on 1 December 1926 in Uttar Pradesh. Allahabad High Court Judge, February 1947-January.1951
Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice 1951-1958
Uttar Pradesh Judicial Reforms Committee Chairman, 1950-1951
Indore Firing Inquiry Commission Sole Member, 1954
Dholpur Succession Case Commission Chairman, 1955
Law Commission Member, 1955.
Chief Justice of India on 12.04.1967.
Retired on 24.02.1968.