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{{Short description|Indian jurist (born 1953)}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Madan Bhimrao Lokur
| image = The Judge, Supreme Court of India, Justice Madan B. Lokur delivering the valedictory address, at the 35th National Symposium of Heads of Police Training Institutions, in New Delhi on March 24, 2017 (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Lokur in 2017
| office = Chairman, UN Internal Justice Council
| term_start = 19 December 2024
| term_end =
| appointer = [[António Guterres]]
| office1 = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
| term_start1 = 4 June 2012
| term_end1 = 30 December 2018
| nominator1 = [[S. H. Kapadia]]
| appointer1 = [[Pratibha Patil]]
| office2 = Chief Justice of the [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]]
| term_start2 = 15 November 2011
| term_end2 = 3 June 2012
| appointer2 = [[Pratibha Patil]]
| nominator2 = [[S. H. Kapadia]]
| office3 = Chief Justice of the [[Gauhati High Court]]
| appointer3 = [[Pratibha Patil]]
| nominator3 = [[S. H. Kapadia]]
| term_start3 = 24 June 2010
| term_end3 = 14 November 2011
| office4 = Judge of the [[Delhi High Court]]
| term_start4 = 19 February 1999
| term_end4 = 23 June 2010
| appointer4 = [[Kocheril Raman Narayanan]]
| nominator4 = [[Adarsh Sein Anand]]
| office5 = [[Additional Solicitor General of India]]
| term_start5 = 14 July 1998
| appointer5 = [[Kocheril Raman Narayanan]]
| term_end5 = 18 February 1999
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1953|12|31}}
| alma_mater = [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]]
}}
'''Madan Bhimarao Lokur''' (born 31 December 1953) is an Indian jurist. He is Chairperson, United Nations Internal Justice Council.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-22 |title=Former Supreme Court judge Madan Lokur to chair UN Internal Justice Council |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-supreme-court-judge-madan-lokur-to-chair-un-internal-justice-council-9738320// |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He is a former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. He is also a former chief justice of the [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]] and [[Gauhati High Court]] and judge of the [[Delhi High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/justice-madan-lokur-made-non-resident-judge-of-fiji-supreme-court-1526761-2019-05-16|title=Justice Madan Lokur made non–resident judge of Fiji Supreme Court|last=Menon|first=Amarnath K.|date=16 May 2019|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ex-supreme-court-judge-madan-lokur-sworn-in-as-a-judge-of-fiji-sc/articleshow/70649404.cms|title=Ex-Supreme Court judge Madan Lokur sworn in as a judge of Fiji SC|date=2019-08-12|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>

== Education ==
Lokur was educated at the [[Modern School (New Delhi)|Modern School, New Delhi]]. He later attended [[St. Joseph's College, Allahabad]] for his [[International Standard Classification of Education|ISC]] examinations. For his university studies, Lokur graduated in history from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]], [[University of Delhi|Delhi University]] [[Honours degree|with honours]]. He obtained his law degree from [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/mblokur.htm|title=Home | SUPREME COURT OF INDIA}}</ref>

==Judgeship==
Lokur was appointed as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court on 19 February 1999, and as a permanent judge on 5 July 1999.

He also functioned as the acting chief justice of the Delhi High Court from 13 February 2010 to 21 May 2010 before being transferred as the chief justice of the [[Gauhati High Court]] from 24 June 2010 to 14 November 2011 and [[High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad]] from 15 November 2011 to 3 June 2012.

He was elevated as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] on 4 June 2012.<ref name="Justice Lokur's profile at Supreme Court Website">{{cite web |title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur |url=http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/mblokur.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117214127/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/mblokur.htm |archivedate=17 January 2013 |publisher=Supreme Court of India}}</ref> He retired as the senior most judge of [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] on 30 December 2018. He is now{{when|date=May 2023}} a judge of the non-resident panel of the Supreme Court of Fiji, and the first former Indian judge to become a judge of a foreign country.

== Notable judgements and decisions ==

=== Minority sub-quota ===
{{Main|Reservation in India}}

In May 2012, [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]] Divisional Bench consisting of Chief Justice Madan Lokur and Justice [[P. V. Sanjay Kumar]] struck down the government of India's decision to allocate 4.5% sub-quota (within the 27% [[Other Backward Classes]] quota) for [[minorities]]. The bench held that the sub-quota was based on religion and not on any other intelligible consideration.<ref name="Andhra Pradesh High Court rejects Centre's 4.5% minority sub-quota">{{cite news|title=Andhra Pradesh High Court rejects Centre's 4.5% minority sub-quota|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-05-29/news/31888176_1_muslims-in-educational-institutions-obc-quota-andhra-hc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418224317/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-05-29/news/31888176_1_muslims-in-educational-institutions-obc-quota-andhra-hc|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2015|accessdate=21 February 2013|newspaper=Economic Times|date=29 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Andhra HC strikes down minorities sub-quota">{{cite news|title=Andhra HC strikes down minorities sub-quota|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3464784.ece|work=The Hindu|date=28 May 2012|accessdate=21 February 2013}}</ref> The court criticised the decision by saying, ''"In fact, we must express our anguish at the rather casual manner in which the entire issue has been taken up by the central government."''<ref name="HC Quashes Centre's 4.5% Sub-Quota for Minorities">{{cite news | url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=763946 | title=HC Quashes Centre's 4.5% Sub-Quota for Minorities | date=28 May 2012 | accessdate=28 May 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529034931/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=763946 | archivedate=29 May 2012}}</ref>

=== Illegal mining scam ===
{{Main|Mining scam in India}}

As the Chief Justice of the [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]], Lokur suspended Special [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] Judge T Pattabhirama Rao and ordered his prosecution in a [[Mining scam in India|Mining scam case]] relating to the Reddy brothers. The complaint against the judge was that he granted bail to [[G. Janardhana Reddy]] after receiving a bribe.<ref name="Justice Lokur elevated to Supreme Court">{{cite news|title=Justice Lokur elevated to Supreme Court|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/justice-lokur-sworn-in-as-supreme-court-judge_779668.html|accessdate=21 February 2013|newspaper=Zee news|date=4 June 2012}}</ref>

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