Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
Raghunandan Pathak | |
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| Judge of International Court of Justice | |
| In office 1989–1991 | |
| 18th Chief Justice of India | |
| In office 21 December 1986 – 18 June 1989 | |
| Appointed by | Giani Zail Singh |
| Preceded by | P. N. Bhagwati |
| Succeeded by | E.S. Venkataramiah |
| Judge of Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 20 February 1978 – 20 December 1986 | |
| Nominated by | Mirza Hameedullah Beg |
| Appointed by | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 2nd Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court | |
| In office 18 March 1972 – 19 February 1978 | |
| Nominated by | Sarv Mittra Sikri |
| Appointed by | V. V. Giri |
| Preceded by | Mirza Hameedullah Beg |
| Succeeded by | Tryambaklal Umedchand Mehta |
| Judge of Allahabad High Court | |
| In office 1 October 1962 – 17 March 1972 | |
| Nominated by | B. P. Sinha |
| Appointed by | S. Radhakrishnan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 November 1924 |
| Died | 17 November 2007 (aged 82) New Delhi, India |
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak (25 November 1924 – 17 November 2007) was the 18th Chief Justice of India. He was the son of Gopal Swarup Pathak, a former Vice President of India.
He was one of the four judges from India to have been on the International Court of Justice in The Hague (the others being Benegal Narsing Rau who served at ICJ during 1952 to 1953 Nagendra Singh who served as its President from 1985 to 1988 and former Supreme Court justice Dalveer Bhandari, who currently sits upon the World Court). He did his schooling from St. Joseph's College, Allahabad and had studied law at Allahabad University. After practising law at Allahabad, he became Judge at Allahabad High Court in 1962 and later Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court in 1972.