Background
Shiva Nath Katju was born on 5 January 1910 in Jaora, to Roopan and Kailash Nath Katju.
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Education
He completed his primary education at the Bar High School in Jaora. Subsequently, his family moved to Allahabad, where he attended the City Authorised Version School, Government Intermediate College and the University of Allahabad.
Career
South. North. Katju enrolled as an Advocate at the Allahabad High Court on 27 August 1932. He initially practised law in Kanpur, and then moved to Allahabad in July 1935. He mainly handled civil cases.
In 1938-1939, he became an Advocate at the Federal Court of India, a predecessor of the Supreme Court of India.
He also worked as a part-time lecturer in Law at the Allahabad University. In the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1952, Katju was elected as an member from the Phulpur Central constituency.
As an Modern Language Association, he opposed proposals to divide Uttar Pradesh into small states, on the grounds that it would promote separatism. On 23 April 1962, he was appointed as an Additional Judge at the Allahabad High Court for a duration of two years.
On 23 July 1963, he was made a permanent judge.
In the 1950s, he claimed that the tree worshipped as Akshayavat in the Patalpuri Temple of Allahabad Fort was only a log. The commander of the fort acknowledged his claim as true. In 1978, Katju became the President of the Varanasi branch of Bhagwan Gopinath Trust.
He was put under house arrest during the height of this campaign.
Membership
He was an member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1952-1957) and the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (1958-1962). He was also politically active, and was a member of the Indian National Congress. In 1958, he became a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, the upper house of the Uttar Pradesh legislature.
