Former Chief Justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti died at a hospital here on Wednesday evening, family sources said. He was 81 years old.
Justice Lahoti was appointed as the 35th chief justice of India on June 1, 2004. He retired on November 1, 2005.
Born on November 1, 1940, he joined the Bar in Guna district in 1960 and enrolled as an advocate in 1962.
