Madan Lokur


Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur is an Indian jurist. He is a Judge of Supreme Court of Fiji. He is former Judge of Supreme Court of India. He is also former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and Gauhati High Court and Judge of Delhi High Court.

Education

Lokur was educated at the Modern School, New Delhi. He later attended St. Joseph's College, Allahabad for his ISC examinations. For his university studies, Lokur graduated in history from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University with Honours. He obtained his law degree from Faculty of Law, Delhi University.

At the Bar

Lokur was enrolled at the Bar in 1977 and practised in the Supreme Court of India and at the Delhi High Court.
He qualified the Advocate-on-Record examination and was enrolled as an AoR of the Supreme Court in 1981.
He also served as the Editor of Indian Law Review from February 1983.

Judgeship

Lokur was elevated to the Bench on 19 February 1999. He joined Delhi High Court as an Additional Judge. He was appointed as a Permanent Judge of that High Court on 5 July 1999.
He also functioned as the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court from 13 February 2010 to 21 May 2010 before being transferred as the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court from 24 June 2010 to 14 November 2011 and High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad from 15 November 2011 to 3 June 2012.
He was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court on 4 June 2012. He retired as senior most judge of Supreme Court on 30 December 2018.He is now a judge of the non-resident panel of the Supreme court of Fiji,and by far the first indian judge to become a judge of a foreign country.

Juvenile Justice Committee

Justice Lokur is known for his keen interest in Juvenile Justice. He was chairperson of Juvenile Justice Committee of Delhi High Court. he is former one man Juvenile Justice Committee of Supreme Court of India.

Notable judgements and decisions

Minority sub-quota

In May 2012, Andhra Pradesh High Court Divisional Bench consisting of Chief Justice Madan Lokur and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar struck down Govt of India's decision to allocate 4.5% sub-quota for minorities. The bench held that the sub-quota was based on religion and not on any other intelligible consideration. The court criticised the decision by saying, "In fact, we must express our anguish at the rather casual manner in which the entire issue has been taken up by the central government."

Illegal mining scam

As the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice Lokur suspended Special CBI Judge T Pattabhirama Rao and ordered his prosecution in a Mining scam case relating to the Reddy brothers. The complaint against the judge was that he granted bail to G. Janardhana Reddy after receiving a bribe.