| 词条 | Chunilal Madan |
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Chunilal Bhagwandas Madan QC (born Chunilal Bhagwandas Bhusri; 11 November 1912 – 22 September 1989) is a former Chief Justice of Kenya.[1] He served between 1985–1986 and was succeeded by Justice Cecil Henry Ethelwood Miller. BiographyBhusri was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1912. He studied at the Government Indian School before moving to London and enrolling at the Middle Temple. He was called to the Bar in London in 1935 and on his return to Kenya he was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court in 1936.[2] He adopted the surname Madan in lieu of Bhusri in 1937.[3] He was elected to the Nairobi Town Council between 1937 to 1948 and the Legislative Council between 1948 and 1961.[4] In 1955 Madan was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry for Commerce and Industry and the following year he became Asian Minister without portfolio.[5] He was elected Chair of the Law Society of Kenya first in 1957 and again in 1960. In 1957 he was made Queen's Counsel. He was appointed to the Supreme Court as a puisne judge in 1961 becoming the first permanent Asian judge in Kenya.[6] In 1977, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal, later becoming its Presiding judge. In 1985 he succeeded Alfred Simpson as Chief Justice of Kenya. He remained in the role until 1986 when he retired upon reaching the mandatory retirement age.[7] He passed away in Kenya in 1989. See also
References1. ^http://www.judiciary.go.ke/portal/assets/downloads/reports/The%20history%20of%20Kenya%20Judiciary.pdf {{Chief Justices of Kenya}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Madan, Chunilal}}{{Kenya-bio-stub}}{{law-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.go.ke/judiciary/about-us/our-history/|title=Judiciary - About us|website=Judiciary.go.ke}} 3. ^Kenya Gazette - 30 Mar 1937 - Page 447 4. ^Who's who in East Africa, Marco Surveys, 1967, p.85 5. ^East Africa and Rhodesia, Volume 33, Africana., 1957, p.1743 6. ^Robert G. Gregory, Quest for Equality: Asian Politics in East Africa, 1900-1967, Orient Blackswan, 1993,p.75 7. ^Charles Hornsby, Kenya: A History Since Independence, I.B.Tauris, 30 Apr 2013, p.407 10 : 1912 births|1989 deaths|Kenyan Hindus|Kenyan judges|Kenyan people of Asian descent|Kenyan people of Indian descent|Kenyan lawyers|Chief Justices of Kenya|Members of the Legislative Council of Kenya|Queen's Counsel 1901–2000 |
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