Guman Mal Lodha


Guman Mal Lodha was the chief justice of Gauhati High Court and former member of Lok Sabha.
Born in 1926 in Didwana, Nagaur District in Rajasthan, India, Lodha graduated with BCom and LLB degrees at Jaswant College, Jodhpur. He participated in the freedom movement and was imprisoned in 1942. He joined politics and was the President of Rajasthan state unit of Jan Sangh from 1969 to 1971.

Positions held

Lodha had been a judge in Rajasthan High court and retired as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court. He had also been a worker for the cause of animals and cows in India. He served as the Chairman for Animal Welfare Board of India and National Commission on Cattle.
He died on 22 March 2009, in Ahmedabad after suffering from cancer for five years. People for Animals Haryana Chairman Naresh Kadyan, representative of OIPA in India, announced a "Justice Guman Mal Lodha Memorial National Award" to the former Superintendent of Faridabad Police Srikant Jhadav, IPS.