M. Patanjali Sastri

Who is M. Patanjali Sastri?

Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri B.A., B.L. was the second Chief Justice of India, serving in the post from 7 November 1951 to 3 January 1954.

He was the son of Pandit Krishna Sastri, senior Sanskrit pandit of Pachaiyappa's College, Madras. He graduated in B.A., B.L. from Madras University before taking to advocacy as a profession. He practised as a lawyer in the Madras High Court for some time before being elevated to the Bench on March 15, 1939. On December 6, 1947, he was made a judge of the Supreme Court and served as a judge and later Chief Justice of India till 3 January 1954.