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Former Judge of Supreme Court Justice SC Agrawal passes away

Greeva Garg –

The Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice SC Agrawal passes away.

The mortal remains of the Judge will be taken to Nigambodh Ghat electric crematorium, where he will be cremated at 4 pm.

Justice SC Agrawal was born on September 5, 1933, in Jaipur.

Justice Agrawal completed his schooling in Rajasthan and obtained his degree in Law from Maharaja’s College, Rajasthan University, in 1952.

Justice Agrawal enrolled as a pleader in the District Court of Jaipur in 1952 and subsequently, as a lawyer of Rajasthan High Court in 1955.

Pursued LL.M. from the University College London in 1957, Justice was called to the Bar in England from the Middle Temple in 1957 and enrolled as an advocate of the Supreme Court in 1959 where he practiced until 1978.

Justice Agrawal was elevated to the Bench of the Rajasthan High Court as an Additional Judge on June 15, 1978, and was made a permanent Judge of the High Court on June 14, 1980.

Justice was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court on January 11, 1990, and demitted office on September 4, 1998.

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