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'''Debi Singh Tewatia''' ( 30 June 1930 - November, 2017) was a Chief justice of [[Calcutta High Court]] and former [[Advocate General]] of Punjab and Haryana.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Tewatia was born in the village of Kondal, [[Haryana]]. After completion of study from [[Lincoln's Inn]] he started his [[lawyer]] career at [[Gurgaon district]] Court in 1955.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://advocategeneralhry.gov.in/justice_devi_singh_tewatia|title=Justice Devi Singh Tewatia|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012726/http://advocategeneralhry.gov.in/justice_devi_singh_tewatia|archive-date=9 May 2018|access-date=8 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> After two years, he shifted to the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] and was elected as the secretary of the High Court Bar Association in 1965. He was appointed Advocate General of [[Haryana]] in 1969. Tewatia was elevated to the Bench of the same High Court in February, 1970. He became the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court in 1987 from where he resigned in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/former_cj.htm|title=Former Chief Justices|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Calcutta High Court|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019095258/http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/former_cj.htm|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/nation/for-cj-tewatia-principles-outweighed-position/502646.html|title=For CJ Tewatia, principles outweighed position|last=|first=|date=|website=tribuneindia.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref> After resignation, he practiced in the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref name=":0" /> He died in December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punjabnewsexpress.com/campus-buzz/news/punjab-and-haryana-high-court-condoles-demise-of-former-chief-justice-debi-singh-tewatia-70500.aspx|title=Punjab and Haryana High Court condoles demise of former Chief Justice Debi Singh Tewatia|last=|first=|date=|website=punjabnewsexpress.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Books==<br />
* {{cite book|author=Debi Singh Tewatia|title=A Journey Less Travelled|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIIwAwEACAAJ|year=2011|publisher=Universal Law Publishing Company|isbn=978-93-5035-046-1}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIIwAwEACAAJ|title=A Journey Less Travelled|last=Debi Singh Tewatia|website=|year=2011|isbn=9789350350461|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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