S. N. Dwivedi

Hon'ble Justice
S. N. Dwivedi
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office
14 August 1972 – 8 December 1974
Nominated bySarv Mittra Sikri
Appointed byV. V. Giri
Judge of Allahabad High Court
In office
12 May 1959 – 13 August 1972
Nominated bySudhi Ranjan Das
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Personal details
BornSurendra Narayan Dwivedi
(1913-10-01)1 October 1913
Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh
Died8 December 1974(1974-12-08) (aged 61)
New Delhi, India
EducationB.A. and LL.B
Alma materEwing Christian College, University of Lucknow

Surendra Narayan Dwivedi (1 October 1913 - 8 December 1974) was a judge of the Supreme Court of India and also of Allahabad High Court.

Life and work

He completed his matriculation from a Government High School, Hamirpur, pursued BA, and then LLB, and studied at Ewing Christian College, Allahabad, and the University of Lucknow. He was enrolled as a pleader in 1937, and as an advocate in October 1943. He had a substantial civil practice.

Dwivedi worked as junior standing council from November 1954 to December 1955. He served at the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad from 2 May 1959 to 14 August 1972.

He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on 14 August 1972 and served until 8 December 1974. He died of cancer while in office in 1974.

His son Rakesh Dwivedi, practices as a senior lawyer for the Supreme Court of India and his granddaughter, Divya Dwivedi is a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

References

  1. ↑ "Justice S.N. Dwivedi | Supreme Court of India | India". www.sci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 January 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "S N Dwivedi Profile".
  3. ↑ "Justice S N Dwivedi".
  4. ↑ "List of Former Judges at Allahabad Court".
  5. ↑ "S C Judge Snatanagoudar Loses Prolonged Fight Against Cancer". The Times of India. 26 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Hindutva and the Academy: A Conversation with Divya Dwivedi". 8 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Two philosophers and a political theorist: An allegory of Indian public sphere". 15 November 2022.