407:. At a young age, he was married to Sumitra Misra, a woman of his own community and similar background, in a match arranged by their families in the usual Indian way. In 1950, they had a son, Devananda Misra, who became a lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court and the Orissa High Court. In 2009, Misra and his wife suffered a tremendous personal loss with the death of their son, Devananda Misra, who died aged 59.
33:
423:, where he practiced law until 1969, when he was appointed a Permanent Judge of the Orissa High Court. He served as the acting Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court from 6 November 1980 to 16 January 1981, and on the latter date, he took office as permanent Chief Justice of the Orissa High court. He was appointed Judge of the
473:
The
National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities was constituted by the Government of India on 29 October 2004 to examine various issues related to linguistic and religious minorities in India. The commission was chaired by Justice Misra, who also lent it its eponymous name, Ranganath
455:, commented that "The terms of reference of the commission were biased against the victims, the victims were forced to come to the investigation with the burden of proof on them". He indicted 19 workers of the Congress Party who were charged by the
334:(sometimes spelt Godabarish Misra), was an Odia litterateur and congress politician who became education minister of Orissa state in 1941 while India was still under British rule. In this capacity, Godavaris was instrumental in the founding of
735:
666:
717:
468:
641:
1376:
1216:
611:
910:
474:
Misra
Commission. The commission submitted its report on 21 May 2007, wherein it recommended Scheduled Caste reservation for Dalit converts to Christianity and Islam.
1381:
1209:
1228:
585:
483:
132:
1361:
1202:
564:
291:
1231:
1346:
619:
1356:
903:
456:
1366:
1371:
816:
435:
Ranganath Misra was the sole member of the
Justice Ranganath Misra Commission of Inquiry, a commission that headed the investigation of
1351:
896:
923:
452:
427:
in 1983. He became the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of India on 25 September 1990 and retired on 24 November 1991.
880:
863:
870:
510:
185:
173:
482:
He served as the Chief Scout of the All India Boy Scouts
Association since 1992. He became the first Chairman of the
444:
1292:
1180:
1020:
990:
960:
217:
385:
307:
295:
255:
771:
1302:
1110:
1090:
1045:
919:
839:
424:
393:
287:
100:
77:
1287:
1105:
1085:
1060:
1005:
985:
950:
612:"1998 рдореЗрдВ Congress рдиреЗ рднреА рдкреВрд░реНрд╡ CJI рд░рдВрдЧрдирд╛рде рдорд┐рд╢реНрд░рд╛ рдХреЛ рднреЗрдЬрд╛ рдерд╛ рд░рд╛рдЬреНрдпрд╕рднрд╛, 1984 рдХреЗ рджрдВрдЧреЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ рджреА рдереА рдХреНрд▓реАрди рдЪрд┐рдЯ"
486:
in 1993. He was member of Rajya Sabha from 1998 to 2004 from the
Congress Party headed by Sonia Gandhi.
1341:
1336:
1150:
1055:
965:
436:
404:
377:
271:
44:
1070:
1030:
1025:
980:
940:
832:
440:
112:
388:
who was elected to the Orissa
Legislative Assembly from the Banpur constituency. Raghunath's son,
1135:
1115:
1080:
1050:
1040:
945:
849:
718:"SC to study if J. Ranganath Mishra panel data can be used to decide on quota for Dalit converts"
150:
124:
1075:
1010:
995:
970:
727:
416:
400:
267:
532:
1311:
1272:
1175:
1100:
955:
489:
After prolonged illness, Ranganath Misra died on 13 September 2012 at a private hospital in
335:
331:
290:, serving from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He was also the first chairman of the
795:
1277:
1243:
381:
346:
1267:
1257:
1015:
975:
586:"Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi nominated to Rajya Sabha, less than 6 months after retirement"
342:
327:
1330:
1130:
1125:
1120:
303:
221:
757:
667:"Rajiv's government set up one-member Justice Ranganath Misra Commission of Inquiry"
1282:
1252:
1170:
1165:
1160:
1145:
370:
354:
1194:
691:
888:
384:. Ranganath's second brother, Raghunath Misra, was a politician belonging to the
1225:
1155:
1140:
1095:
1065:
935:
539:
490:
448:
389:
358:
299:
237:
48:
642:"Justice Mishra Commission report on 1984 anti-Sikhs riots may find few takers"
32:
1262:
560:
262:
731:
1000:
722:
374:
366:
459:
of having abetted the riots, but gave clean chit to the
Congress Party.
298:
between 1998 and 2004. He is the second
Supreme court judge to become a
420:
319:
213:
493:. He was survived by his wife Sumitra Misra and grandson Anand Misra.
399:
Ranganath studied at Banpur High School and P.M. Academy and later at
350:
323:
241:
69:
362:
245:
294:. He also served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from the
1198:
892:
341:
Ranganath was the youngest of three sons. His eldest brother,
772:"Alphabetical List Of All Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952"
817:
Supreme Court of India: Hon'ble Mr. Justice
Raganath Misra.
469:
National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities
463:
National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities
361:(upper house of Indian parliament) and also as governor of
396:; he was in office from 28 August 2017 to 2 October 2018.
561:"Curtain Raiser for Foundation Day on October. 12, 2006"
415:
On 18 September 1950, Misra got enrolled as advocate of
533:"RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003"
783:
Misra Shri Ranganath Odisha INC 02/07/1998 01/07/2004
286:(25 November 1926 тАУ 13 September 2012) was the 21st
1301:
1242:
261:
251:
227:
200:
195:
179:
167:
149:
130:
118:
106:
94:
75:
65:
43:
23:
357:. He served for several terms as a member of the
1377:Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha
318:Ranganath Misra was born on 25 November 1926 in
1210:
904:
90:25 September 1990 тАУ 24 November 1991
8:
145:12 October 1993 тАУ 24 November 1996
1239:
1217:
1203:
1195:
911:
897:
889:
857:
821:
345:, was a prominent politician belonging to
31:
20:
618:(in Hindi). 17 March 2020. Archived from
484:National Human Rights Commission of India
292:National Human Rights Commission of India
565:National Human Rights Commission (India)
716:Rajagopal, Krishnadas (12 April 2023).
502:
7:
1382:Recipients of the Utkal Ratna Samman
738:from the original on 3 October 2023
445:General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
511:"Former CJI Ranganath Mishra Dead"
457:People's Union for Civil Liberties
14:
133:National Human Rights Commission
1362:Rajya Sabha members from Odisha
875:25 June 1982 - 31 August 1982
1:
1347:Scouting and Guiding in India
796:"Ranganath Misra passes away"
439:and gave its report in 1986.
163:25 June 1982 тАУ 31 August 1982
1357:People from Khordha district
881:Cheppudira Muthanna Poonacha
864:Cheppudira Muthanna Poonacha
513:. Outlook. 13 September 2012
1367:20th-century Indian lawyers
453:Citizen's Justice Committee
186:Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha
174:Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha
16:21st Chief Justice of India
1398:
1372:20th-century Indian judges
466:
431:1984 anti-Sikh riot report
1238:
1181:Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
1021:Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
991:Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah
961:Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
931:
877:
868:
860:
846:
837:
829:
824:
592:. ThePrint. 16 March 2020
277:
218:Bihar and Orissa Province
191:
156:
138:
83:
54:
39:
30:
308:Indian National Congress
306:who was also elected as
256:Indian National Congress
1352:Chief justices of India
920:Chief Justices of India
369:. Loknath Misra's son,
1111:Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
1091:Gopal Ballav Pattanaik
1046:Madhukar Hiralal Kania
840:Chief Justice of India
425:Supreme Court of India
394:Chief Justice of India
288:Chief Justice of India
101:Ramaswamy Venkataraman
78:Chief Justice of India
1288:Subhash Chandra Singh
1106:Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
1086:Bhupinder Nath Kirpal
1061:Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi
1006:Mirza Hameedullah Beg
986:Mohammad Hidayatullah
951:Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
692:"The lessons of 1984"
314:Background and family
1151:Jagdish Singh Khehar
1056:M. N. Venkatachaliah
966:P. B. Gajendragadkar
802:. 14 September 2012.
478:Retirement and death
451:and a member of the
437:1984 anti-Sikh riots
405:Allahabad University
330:family. His father,
272:Allahabad University
45:Member of Parliament
1071:Madan Mohan Punchhi
1031:Sabyasachi Mukharji
1026:E. S. Venkataramiah
981:Kailas Nath Wanchoo
941:M. Patanjali Sastri
833:Sabyasachi Mukharji
441:Jagjit Singh Aurora
113:Sabyasachi Mukharji
1136:Rajendra Mal Lodha
1116:K. G. Balakrishnan
1081:Sam Piroj Bharucha
1051:Lalit Mohan Sharma
1041:Kamal Narain Singh
946:Mehr Chand Mahajan
871:Governor of Odisha
850:Kamal Narain Singh
622:on 1 December 2020
151:Governor of Odisha
125:Kamal Narain Singh
1324:
1323:
1320:
1319:
1192:
1191:
1076:Adarsh Sein Anand
1011:Y. V. Chandrachud
996:Sarv Mittra Sikri
971:Amal Kumar Sarkar
887:
886:
878:Succeeded by
856:
855:
847:Succeeded by
417:Orissa High Court
401:Ravenshaw College
380:belonging to the
281:
280:
268:Ravenshaw College
231:13 September 2012
1389:
1312:Ashwini Vaishnaw
1273:Prasanna Acharya
1240:
1219:
1212:
1205:
1196:
1185:
1176:Uday Umesh Lalit
1101:S. Rajendra Babu
956:Sudhi Ranjan Das
913:
906:
899:
890:
861:Preceded by
858:
844:1990–1991
830:Preceded by
822:
804:
803:
792:
786:
785:
780:
778:
768:
762:
761:
754:
748:
747:
745:
743:
713:
707:
706:
704:
702:
688:
682:
681:
679:
677:
663:
657:
656:
654:
652:
638:
632:
631:
629:
627:
608:
602:
601:
599:
597:
582:
576:
575:
573:
571:
557:
551:
550:
548:
546:
537:
529:
523:
522:
520:
518:
507:
353:) and later the
336:Utkal University
332:Godavaris Mishra
234:
211:25 November 1926
210:
208:
196:Personal details
182:
170:
161:
143:
121:
109:
97:
88:
59:
35:
21:
1397:
1396:
1392:
1391:
1390:
1388:
1387:
1386:
1327:
1326:
1325:
1316:
1297:
1278:Prashanta Nanda
1234:
1223:
1193:
1188:
1183:
1036:Ranganath Misra
927:
917:
883:
874:
866:
852:
843:
835:
813:
808:
807:
794:
793:
789:
776:
774:
770:
769:
765:
758:"Law Book Shop"
756:
755:
751:
741:
739:
715:
714:
710:
700:
698:
690:
689:
685:
675:
673:
665:
664:
660:
650:
648:
640:
639:
635:
625:
623:
610:
609:
605:
595:
593:
584:
583:
579:
569:
567:
559:
558:
554:
544:
542:
535:
531:
530:
526:
516:
514:
509:
508:
504:
499:
480:
471:
465:
433:
413:
382:Biju Janata Dal
347:Swatantra Party
316:
284:Ranganath Misra
270:
252:Political party
236:
232:
212:
206:
204:
180:
168:
162:
157:
144:
139:
119:
107:
95:
89:
84:
60:
55:
26:
25:Ranganath Misra
17:
12:
11:
5:
1395:
1393:
1385:
1384:
1379:
1374:
1369:
1364:
1359:
1354:
1349:
1344:
1339:
1329:
1328:
1322:
1321:
1318:
1317:
1315:
1314:
1308:
1306:
1299:
1298:
1296:
1295:
1290:
1285:
1280:
1275:
1270:
1268:N. Bhaskar Rao
1265:
1260:
1258:Mamata Mohanta
1255:
1249:
1247:
1236:
1235:
1224:
1222:
1221:
1214:
1207:
1199:
1190:
1189:
1187:
1186:
1178:
1173:
1168:
1163:
1158:
1153:
1148:
1143:
1138:
1133:
1128:
1123:
1118:
1113:
1108:
1103:
1098:
1093:
1088:
1083:
1078:
1073:
1068:
1063:
1058:
1053:
1048:
1043:
1038:
1033:
1028:
1023:
1018:
1016:P. N. Bhagwati
1013:
1008:
1003:
998:
993:
988:
983:
978:
976:Koka Subba Rao
973:
968:
963:
958:
953:
948:
943:
938:
932:
929:
928:
918:
916:
915:
908:
901:
893:
885:
884:
879:
876:
867:
862:
854:
853:
848:
845:
836:
831:
827:
826:
825:Legal offices
820:
819:
812:
811:External links
809:
806:
805:
787:
763:
749:
708:
696:www.rediff.com
683:
658:
633:
603:
577:
552:
524:
501:
500:
498:
495:
479:
476:
467:Main article:
464:
461:
432:
429:
412:
409:
386:Congress Party
343:Lokanath Misra
315:
312:
296:Congress Party
279:
278:
275:
274:
265:
259:
258:
253:
249:
248:
235:(aged 85)
229:
225:
224:
202:
198:
197:
193:
192:
189:
188:
183:
177:
176:
171:
165:
164:
154:
153:
147:
146:
136:
135:
128:
127:
122:
116:
115:
110:
104:
103:
98:
92:
91:
81:
80:
73:
72:
67:
63:
62:
52:
51:
41:
40:
37:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1394:
1383:
1380:
1378:
1375:
1373:
1370:
1368:
1365:
1363:
1360:
1358:
1355:
1353:
1350:
1348:
1345:
1343:
1340:
1338:
1335:
1334:
1332:
1313:
1310:
1309:
1307:
1304:
1300:
1294:
1291:
1289:
1286:
1284:
1281:
1279:
1276:
1274:
1271:
1269:
1266:
1264:
1261:
1259:
1256:
1254:
1251:
1250:
1248:
1245:
1241:
1237:
1233:
1230:
1227:
1220:
1215:
1213:
1208:
1206:
1201:
1200:
1197:
1182:
1179:
1177:
1174:
1172:
1169:
1167:
1164:
1162:
1159:
1157:
1154:
1152:
1149:
1147:
1144:
1142:
1139:
1137:
1134:
1132:
1131:P. Sathasivam
1129:
1127:
1126:Altamas Kabir
1124:
1122:
1121:S. H. Kapadia
1119:
1117:
1114:
1112:
1109:
1107:
1104:
1102:
1099:
1097:
1094:
1092:
1089:
1087:
1084:
1082:
1079:
1077:
1074:
1072:
1069:
1067:
1064:
1062:
1059:
1057:
1054:
1052:
1049:
1047:
1044:
1042:
1039:
1037:
1034:
1032:
1029:
1027:
1024:
1022:
1019:
1017:
1014:
1012:
1009:
1007:
1004:
1002:
999:
997:
994:
992:
989:
987:
984:
982:
979:
977:
974:
972:
969:
967:
964:
962:
959:
957:
954:
952:
949:
947:
944:
942:
939:
937:
934:
933:
930:
925:
921:
914:
909:
907:
902:
900:
895:
894:
891:
882:
873:
872:
865:
859:
851:
842:
841:
834:
828:
823:
818:
815:
814:
810:
801:
797:
791:
788:
784:
773:
767:
764:
759:
753:
750:
737:
733:
729:
725:
724:
719:
712:
709:
697:
693:
687:
684:
672:
668:
662:
659:
647:
643:
637:
634:
621:
617:
613:
607:
604:
591:
587:
581:
578:
566:
562:
556:
553:
541:
534:
528:
525:
512:
506:
503:
496:
494:
492:
487:
485:
477:
475:
470:
462:
460:
458:
454:
450:
446:
443:, the former
442:
438:
430:
428:
426:
422:
418:
410:
408:
406:
402:
397:
395:
392:was the 45th
391:
387:
383:
379:
376:
372:
368:
364:
360:
356:
352:
348:
344:
339:
337:
333:
329:
328:Utkal Brahmin
325:
321:
313:
311:
309:
305:
304:Baharul Islam
302:member after
301:
297:
293:
289:
285:
276:
273:
269:
266:
264:
260:
257:
254:
250:
247:
243:
239:
230:
226:
223:
222:British India
219:
215:
203:
199:
194:
190:
187:
184:
178:
175:
172:
166:
160:
155:
152:
148:
142:
137:
134:
131:1st chairman
129:
126:
123:
117:
114:
111:
105:
102:
99:
93:
87:
82:
79:
74:
71:
68:
64:
58:
53:
50:
46:
42:
38:
34:
29:
22:
19:
1293:Sujeet Kumar
1283:Sasmit Patra
1253:Amar Patnaik
1171:N. V. Ramana
1166:Sharad Bobde
1161:Ranjan Gogoi
1146:T. S. Thakur
1035:
869:
838:
799:
790:
782:
775:. Retrieved
766:
752:
742:21 September
740:. Retrieved
721:
711:
699:. Retrieved
695:
686:
674:. Retrieved
670:
661:
649:. Retrieved
645:
636:
626:21 September
624:. Retrieved
620:the original
615:
606:
594:. Retrieved
589:
580:
568:. Retrieved
555:
543:. Retrieved
527:
515:. Retrieved
505:
488:
481:
472:
434:
414:
398:
371:Pinaki Misra
355:Janata Party
340:
317:
283:
282:
233:(2012-09-13)
181:Succeeded by
158:
140:
120:Succeeded by
96:Appointed by
85:
66:Constituency
56:
18:
1342:2012 deaths
1337:1926 births
1232:from Odisha
1226:Rajya Sabha
1184:(incumbent)
1156:Dipak Misra
1141:H. L. Dattu
1096:V. N. Khare
1066:J. S. Verma
936:H. J. Kania
777:30 December
671:India Today
646:India Today
590:Debayon Roy
540:Rajya Sabha
491:Bhubaneswar
449:Indian Army
390:Dipak Misra
359:Rajya Sabha
300:Rajya Sabha
238:Bhubaneswar
169:Preceded by
108:Preceded by
49:Rajya Sabha
1331:Categories
1263:Munna Khan
701:4 November
676:4 November
651:4 November
497:References
263:Alma mater
207:1926-11-25
1001:A. N. Ray
800:The Hindu
732:0971-751X
723:The Hindu
375:Lok Sabha
159:In office
141:In office
86:In office
76:21st
61:1998тАУ2004
57:In office
736:Archived
616:Jansatta
596:16 March
570:27 March
545:19 March
517:19 March
367:Nagaland
349:(led by
326:into an
310:member.
1229:Members
447:of the
421:Cuttack
373:, is a
320:Banapur
214:Banapur
730:
411:Career
351:Rajaji
324:Odisha
242:Odisha
70:Odisha
536:(PDF)
363:Assam
246:India
924:list
779:2012
744:2024
728:ISSN
703:2018
678:2018
653:2018
628:2024
598:2020
572:2012
547:2020
519:2020
403:and
365:and
228:Died
201:Born
1305:(1)
1303:BJP
1246:(9)
1244:BJD
1333::
798:.
781:.
734:.
726:.
720:.
694:.
669:.
644:.
614:.
588:.
563:.
538:.
419:,
378:MP
338:.
322:,
244:,
240:,
220:,
216:,
47:,
1218:e
1211:t
1204:v
926:)
922:(
912:e
905:t
898:v
760:.
746:.
705:.
680:.
655:.
630:.
600:.
574:.
549:.
521:.
209:)
205:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.