Patanjali Sastri

Patanjali Sastri (born January 41889), also known as M.P.Sastri 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.L. from Madras University before taking to advocacy as a profession. He practised as a lawyer in the High Court of Madras for sometime 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 till 3 January 1954.

References

# [http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/mpsastri.htm Biography at Supreme Court of India website]
# [http://www.hindu.com/2002/02/02/stories/2002020203200600.htm 'The Hindu This Day That Age' mentioning the appointment of Patanjali Sastri as the Chief Justice of Supreme Court on Fb 2, 1952]
# [http://my-mylapore.blogspot.com/2006/10/palathope-lawyers-enclave.html Mylapore Times article on Palathope--A Lawyer's Enclave]