Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha

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Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
6th Chief Justice of India
In office 1 October 1959 (1959-10-01) – 31 January 1964 (1964-01-31)
Appointed by	Rajendra Prasad
Preceded by	Sudhi Ranjan Das
Succeeded by	P. B. Gajendragadkar
Chief Justice of Nagpur High court
In office 1951-1954
Preceded by	Prakash Chandra Tatia D. N. Patel (acting)
Judge of Patna High Court
In office 1943-1951
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office 1954–1959
Personal details
Born	(1899-02-01)1 February 1899 Shahabad, Bengal Presidency (Now in Bhojpur, Bihar, India)
Died	12 November 1986(1986-11-12) (aged 87)

Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh (Title: Sinha) of Shahabad (now Bhojpur), Bengal Presidency (1 February 1899 – 12 November 1986) was the 6th Chief Justice of India (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964). He also served as the president of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from April 1965 to February 1967. Mr. Sinha was born and brought up in a prominent upper caste Hindu Kshatriya Rajput family of Rajwada Gajiyapur Estate, Sinha Arrah (present Bhojpur) District. His grandson B. P. Singh is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Sinha served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from 1 October 1959 to 31 January 1964.

A deeply religious man, following his retirement, Sinha led a quiet life mostly devoted to spiritual pursuits, though he did accept a number of private arbitration cases. Becoming blind in his later years, he died in 1986.^[1]