H. S. Bedi

Justice H.S.Bedi, M.A., LL.B., was born on September 5, 1946. He belongs to a family of Agriculturists from Sahiwal (formerly known as Montgomery), now in Pakistan. He is a descendant of Guru Nanak, being number 17 in the direct line. His father Tikka Jagjit Singh Bedi was also a Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court and retired in 1969. After partition his family got settled at Fazilka, a small beautiful township near Indo-Pak Border.

Justice Bedi had his schooling from Bishop Cotton School, Shimla and did his Senior Cambridge in 1962. He was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana on July 17, 1972 and practiced in Criminal, Writ and Civil matters. He also worked as Deputy Advocate General; Additional Advocate General and Advocate General, Punjab and was designated as a Senior Advocate in 1987. He was also a part time lecturer in the Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh from 1974-1983. He was appointed Additional Advocate General Punjab till 1989 and Advocate General Punjab for about a year ending in 1990.

Justice Bedi was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court on March 15, 1991 and permanent Judge on July 8, 1992. He was Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court on two occasions. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court on October 3, 2006 and a Judge of Supreme Court of India on January 12, 2007.