Justice Premshankar Gupt
Acting Chief Justice - Allahabad High Court (Retd.)
Justice Gupta was born in a respectable Kesarwani Family of Etawa on 15th July 1930. His father Late Lala Prabhudayal was a religious, successful businessman and used to respect and support literary activities in Etawa. The early education of Justice Gupta was held at Etawa in Theosophical School, Etawa; Sanatan Dharm Highschool, Etawa. He completed graduation (B.A.) in 1948 from Ewing Christian College, Allahabad & L.L.B. from Allahabad University in 1950.
He started his career as lawyer in 1951 from Etawa district court and rose to Senior Government Advocate at Allahabad High Court. In 1977, he was appointed permanent Judge of Allahabad High Court by Government of India and retired as acting Chief Justice on 14/04/1992.
Special Achievements:
He worked as Chairman of Vice-Chancellor Selection Committee of Universities of Allahabad, Ruhailkhand and Surat (Gujarat). His contribution as member of Executive Committee of Allahabad and Kanpur University are still remembered as praiseworthy.
Dedication to Hindi Services:
During his tenure as Justice of Allahabad High Court, he wrote about four thousand judgments in Hindi. He was honored ‘Sahitya Vachaspati’ by Government of U.P. along with Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Later became Prime Minister of India) and Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi (Chanakya - A famous character of Chandra Gupta in TV serial) in 1992. He remained Chairman of Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, UP (1993-1997).
Mahatma Gandhi Vidyapeeth (A deemed university) awarded him ' Doctor of Law' for Honor’s cause in recognition of his Legal and Judicial Services. At present he is an executive member of Rajarishi P.D. Tandon Open University, UP.
Establishment of Etawa ‘HINDI SEWA NIDHI’:
The cash award received by him in SAHITYA VACHASPATI was completely donated in establishing HINDI SEWA NIDHI in 1992. The NIDHI encourages new talent in Hindi literature and also honors the renowned Hindi writers in the field of literature, administration, science, public services in media etc. The SARASWAT SAMMELAN organized every year at Etawa is very popular. This year (2007) personality like Shri Narendra Kohli (Writer), Shri Jasdev Singh (The famous radio/TV commentator), Padam Shri Dr. N.P. Gupta, (Urologist in AIIMS, New Delhi) along with many upcoming writers were honored.
Recent Honor:
In July 2007, justice Gupta has been honored by 8th VISWA HINDI SAMMELAN held in America. Many dignitaries from different countries were also honored for their services for Hindi.
www.kesarwani.net wishes him a long life & prays for his bright future ahead.
........written on 19/02/2008.
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