Arthur Trevor Harries
Sir Arthur Trevor Harries (13 June 1892 – 1 July 1959)[1] was a British Indian Judge of High Courts of India. He was the Chief Justice of Patna, Lahore and Calcutta High Court.
Career
[edit]Educated at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Harries was called to the English bar by the Middle Temple in 1922 and practised on the South Wales Circuit until 1934, when he became the puisne judge of Allahabad High Court. He served there four years and was elevated as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court in 1938.[2] He was knighted in 1939.[1]
Upon the retirement of Sir Douglas Young, he became the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court in 1942.[3] In 1946, Harries was transferred to Kolkata and became the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court after Sir Harold Derbyshire.[4] He retired from the post in 1952.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Harries, Sir Arthur Trevor". Who Was Who. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U238273.
- ^ "List of Former Hon'ble Judges". Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "No. 35734". The London Gazette. 6 October 1942. p. 4355.
- ^ Abhinav Chandrachud (28 May 2015). An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199089482. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ Sushil Chaudhury (13 September 2016). Trade, Politics and Society: The Indian Milieu in the Early Modern Era. Routledge. ISBN 9781351997270. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- 1892 births
- 1959 deaths
- Knights Bachelor
- Chief justices of the Calcutta High Court
- British India judges
- Chief justices of the Lahore High Court
- Chief justices of the Patna High Court
- Judges of the Allahabad High Court
- Alumni of the University of Wales
- Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- Royal Welch Fusiliers officers
- British people in colonial India
- 20th-century British Army personnel
- Alumni of Aberystwyth University