✓Born on 23 Dec. 1889 in Tikka Nagrota villages, Kangra.
✓His father was Babu Briji Lal.
✓Immediately after his birth he was declared inauspicious and it was advised that his father must not see his face for 12 years.
✓ So he was sent away and brought up by a Rajput family of Maya and Rugtu whose son Gopalu was without any child.
✓Babu Briji lal, who was staunch believer in astrology, called a conference of highly learned people and asked them to reconsider his child’s future.
✓ This conference continued for some days and finally they declared him very lucky and would either become judge or minister.
✓ He was brought back from exile at the age of seven.
✓He was appointed as Judge of Lahore High court on 27th Sep 1943.
✓After partition he served as Prime Minister of Kashmir.
✓He was the 3 rd CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA (Supreme Court) from 4th January 1954 to 23″ December 1954.
✓He wrote Looking Back”(auto biography).
✓India Post has released a commemorative postage stamp on Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan on 31st December 2017
