What is P. N. Bhagwati?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = P. N. Bhagwati | image = | imagesize = | caption = | order = 17th | office = Chief Justice of India | termstart = 12 July 1985 | termend = 20 December 1986 | nominator = | appointer = Giani Zail Singh | predecessor = [[Y. V. Chandrachud]] | successor = [[R. S. Pathak]] | office2 = [[Gujarat High Court#Former Chief Justices|Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court]] | term_start2 = 16 August 1967 | term_end2 = 17 July 1973 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|12|21|df=y}} | birth_place =[[Hyderabad]], [[India]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|6|15|1921|12|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[New Delhi]], India | spouse = }} '''Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati''' (21 December 1921 – 15 June 2017) was an Indian judge. He was the 17th [[Chief Justice of India]], serving from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. He introduced the concepts of [[Public Interest Litigation]] and [[Absolute liability]] in India, and for this reason is held along with Justice [[V. R. Krishna Iyer]], to be a pioneer of [[judicial activism]] in the country. Bhagwati died on 15 June 2017 at the age of 95 at [[New Delhi]], India from [[renal failure]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pn-bhagwati-former-chief-justice-of-india-dies-at-95-after-brief-illness/story-234YcRXDwFCCtIzVdHX6XM.html |title= PN Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India, dies at 95 after brief illness |work=Hindustan Times |date=15 June 2017 |access-date=16 June 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/pnbhagwati.htm P. N. Bhagwati, Brief biography] at [[Supreme Court of India]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhagwati, P. N.}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from renal failure]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in India]] [[Category:Chief justices of India]] {{bio-stub}}