The Most Famous
LAWYERS from India
This page contains a list of the greatest Indian Lawyers. The pantheon dataset contains 136 Lawyers, 1 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 41st most number of Lawyers behind Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indian Lawyers of all time. This list of famous Indian Lawyers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Dipak Misra (b. 1953)
With an HPI of 42.19, Dipak Misra is the most famous Indian Lawyer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Dipak Misra (born 3 October 1953) is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. He is also a former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court. He is the nephew of Justice Ranganath Misra, the 21st Chief Justice of India from 1990 to 1991.
2. B. V. Nagarathna (b. 1962)
With an HPI of 38.77, B. V. Nagarathna is the 2nd most famous Indian Lawyer. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Bangalore Venkataramiah Nagarathna (born 30 October 1962) is an Indian jurist who has served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India since 2021. She served as a judge of the Karnataka High Court from 2008 to 2021. Her father, E. S. Venkataramiah, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India in 1989. She gained public attention in 2009 after being forcibly detained within the Karnataka High Court premises by a group of protesting lawyers. She has delivered a number of significant judgments relating to commercial and constitutional law in Karnataka. She will be the first woman Chief Justice of India in 2027. However, her tenure will only span 36 days.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Indian lawyers born between 1953 and 1962. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Indian lawyers include Dipak Misra, and B. V. Nagarathna. As of April 2024, 1 new Indian lawyers have been added to Pantheon including B. V. Nagarathna.
