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'''Ananda Prakash Sen''' (born 20 September 1923), often known as '''A. P. Sen''', is an Indian former judge who served as a Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Sen came from a lawyers' family of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. He passed from Science College and Law College, [[Nagpur]] and started practice in the District Court in 1945. With the creation of the [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]], he shifted to [[Jabalpur]] in 1956 and practised continuous 21 years on constitutional, civil and taxation matters. He became the [[Advocate general|Advocate General]] of Madhya Pradesh in June 1966. On 7 November 1967 he was elevated as Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and became the permanent Judge in July 1968. During the period of [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]] he was transferred to the [[Rajasthan High Court]] as Acting Chief Justice. In 1978 he also served as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. Justice Sen became the Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 17 July 1978 and retired in September 1988 from his judgeship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.107.37/judges/bio/47_apsen.htm|title=Former Judges|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref> Justice Sen refused a farewell function at the time of his retirement, becoming the first Indian justice in the history of the Supreme Court to do so.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/justice-chelameswar-declines-sc-bar-body-invitation-for-his-farewell/story-We3tqJgULJhFwYK8JYxcMN.html|title=Justice Chelameswar declines SC bar body invitation for his farewell|last=Bagriya|first=Ashok|date=9 May 2018|newspaper=Hindustan Times|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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