# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/prafullachandra-natwarlal-bhagwati
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:40:05.300Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/prafullachandra-natwarlal-bhagwati"
name: "Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati"
slug: "prafullachandra-natwarlal-bhagwati"
description: "Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati was an Indian jurist, who served as the 17th Chief Justice of India, serving from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. He introduced the concepts of public interest litigation and absolute liability in India, and for this reason is held, along with Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer, to be a pioneer of judicial activism in the country. He is the longest-served supreme court judge in India."
tagline: "17th Chief Justice of India (1921–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Justice_P.N._Bhagwati.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1921-12-21"
deathDate: "2017-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump