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1913
Career as a Lawyer in Dharamsala
Mahajan started his career as a lawyer in 1913 in Dharamsala, where he spent a year practicing.
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1914-18
Lawyer in Gurdaspur
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1917-18
Secretary of Gurdaspur Dist., Indian National Congress
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1919
Member of Subjects Committee at the INC session at Amritsar
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1933-43
Director, Punjab National Bank
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1938-43
President, D.A.V. College, Managing Committee
He also served as president of the High Court Bar Association of Lahore.
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1940-47
Fellow and Syndic, Punjab University
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1943
Judge, Lahore High Court
On the recommendation of an English Chief Justice, Sir Tervor Harris, Justice Mahajan was elected as the Chief Judge of
the East Punjab High Court, superseding four sitting judges...Read more
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1945
All India Food Product Association Bombay Session
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1946
Member, R.I.N. Mutiny Commission
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1947-48
Prime Minister, Jammu and Kashmir State
The tumultuous conditions in Kashmir were in full swing when Justice Mahajan took over the reins of administration as
Prime Minister of Kashmir on 5 th October 1947...Read more
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1947
Judge, East Punjab High Court
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1947
Member of the Radcliffe Commission
Following the Indo-Pakistan Partition, the Radcliffe Commission was formed for demarcating boundaries between
India and Pakistan...Read more
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1947-50
Syndic, East Punjab University
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1948
Member of Royal Indian Navy Mutiny Commission of India
As part of the Commission tasked with investigating the reasons behind the Indian Naval Mutiny of 1948, Justice Mahajan
and the other members of the Commission...Read more
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1948
Judge of the Federal Court
On 1 st October 1948, Justice Mahajan took the oath of office as a Judge of the Federal Court (which gave place to the Supreme Court when
the Constitution of India came into force on 26 th January 1950)...Read more
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1948
Constitutional Adviser to His Highness the Maharaja of Bikaner
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1948
Judge, Supreme Court
Before becoming Chief Justice he served as one of the first Judges of the Supreme Court of independent India from 4 October 1948 to 3
January 1954.
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1948
Chief Justice of India
Mahajan took office as the third Chief Justice of India on 4 January 1954. He was the head of India's judicial system for almost a
year, until his retirement on 22 December 1954.
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1954
Chief Justice of India
Justice Mahajan took over as Chief Justice of India on 4 th January 1954. During his tenure, he took a bench of
Supreme Court to Kashmir to decide...Read more
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1955-64
President of DAV Institutions
From his early years as a jurist, MCM had been actively associated with the activities of DAV College Trust. Post his
retirement; he served as the President of the DAV Trust...Read more
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1960
Established Tankara Trust
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1961
Appointed Chairman of Punjab Police Commission
This commission was appointed on May 11, 1961 and submitted its report on April 30, 1962. Mr. Mehr Chand Mahajan, a former Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court was its chairman, and it also had a Member Secretary and 13 members.
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1963
Acted as a de facto Vice-Chancellor, Delhi University.
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1967
Commission on Belgaum (dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra)
Maharashtra leader Senapati Bapat resorted on hunger strike demanding the government to form a commission which would address border
dispute. At Maharashtra's insistence, the Government of India constituted...Read more