Baharul Islam
Baharul Islam | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 15 June 1983 – 14 June 1989 | |
| In office 3 April 1962 – 20 January 1972 | |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 4 December 1980 – 12 January 1983 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1918 |
| Died | 5 February 1993 (aged 74) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University |
Baharul Islam (1 March 1918 – 5 February 1993) was an Indian politician and judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, as a member of the Indian National Congress. In 1972, he resigned from the Rajya Sabha to become a judge in the Gauhati High Court, where he eventually retired as Chief Justice. He was later recalled and appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court, where he delivered a judgment absolving the then-Chief Minister of Bihar, Jagannath Mishra, in the urban cooperative bank scandal. He subsequently resigned from the Supreme Court to contest elections as a Congress party candidate and was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha.