predecessor successor office appointer birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
e.s. acting -rrb- venkataramiah prakash chandra tatia d. n. patel -lrb- ranganath misra chief court justice of india chief justice of bombay high ramaswamy venkataraman 1 june 1927 20th 18 december 1989 sabyasachi mukharji
 25 september 1990 sabyasachi mukharji
sabyasachi mukharji

sabyasachi mukharji -lrb- june 1 , 1927 -- september 25 , 1990 -rrb- was the 20th chief justice of india , serving from 18 december 1989 until his death on 25 september 1990 .
he began his legal career in 1949 , and was appointed as a judge of calcutta high court in july 1968 .
in june 1986 , he was appointed as chief justice of the calcutta high court .
in march 1983 , he was appointed as judge of the supreme court of india , and became chief justice of india in december 1989 .
he was the second chief justice to die in office , after the first chief justice h. j. kania .
family background sabyasachi mukharji was the third son of rai bahadur bejoy bihari mukharji , first indian director general of land records , bengal presidency .
his elder brothers were justice prasanta bihari mukharji , chief justice of the calcutta high court and the eminent cardiologist , dr. aurobindo bihari mukharji .
`` education '' he was educated at the mitra institution as a child .
he graduated in economics with honours from the presidency college , calcutta in 1946 .
he was called to the bar by the society of the middle temple .
during his student years he was also involved in student politics .
in 1945 he was elected general secretary of the presidency college student 's union .
later , while studying for the bar in london he was elected general secretary of the indian socialist group in 1948-49 as well as becoming a member of the committee of the inns of court student 's union representing middle temple .
