FATHER'S NAME

SHRI HIMMAT MAL JI LODHA

DATE OF BIRTH

15TH JUNE 1926

PLACE OF BIRTH

DEEDWANA IN DISTT. NAGAUR (RAJASTHAN )

MARITAL STATUS

MARRIED, 1947

SPOUSE'S NAME

SMT. PREM KUNWAR LODHA

CHILDREN

TWO SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER

QUALIFICATIONS

B.COM., LL.B. AND VISHARAD EDUCATED AT JASWANT COLLEGE, JODHPUR (RAJASTHAN) AND HINDI SAHITYA SAMMELAN, PRAYAG, ALLAHABAD (U. P.)

PROFESSION 

SENIOR ADVOCATE AND JOURNALIST

PERMANENT ADDRESS

15, SUBHASH NAGAR, NEAR GIRDHAR NAGAR, SAHIBAGH , AHMEDABAD-04 TELS. (079) 7868464

PRESENT ADDRESS

C-1/15, PANDARA PARK, NEW DELHI-01, TEL 3782087

POSITIONS HELD

1969 - 71

PRESIDENT, JAN SANGH , RAJASTHAN

1972-77

MEMBER, RAJASTHAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS AND COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION, RAJASTHAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PANEL OF CHAIRMAN, RAJASTHAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY LEADER, JAN SANGH LEGISLATURE PARTY, RAJASTHAN

1978-88

JUDGE, RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT

1988

CHIEF JUSTICE, GUWAHATI HIGH COURT, GUWAHATI

1989

ELECTED TO LOK SABHA ( NINTH)

1989 ONWARDS

MEMBER, NATIONAL EXECUTIVE, B. J. P.

1989-91

CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON SUB - ORDINATE LEGISLATION MEMBER, CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

1990-91

MEMBER , GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

1991

RE-ELECTED TO LOK SABHA ( TENTH )

1992 - 94

MEMBER, COMMITTEE ON SUB - ORDINATE LEGISLATION

1992-96

MEMBER, CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE , MINISTRY OF FINANCE

1996

ELECTED TO LOK SABHA ( ELEVENTH ) FOR THE THIRD TIME

BOOKS PUBLISHED

'LAW, MORALITY AND POLITICS' 'JUDICIARY, FUMES , FLAMES AND FIRE' , ( IN ENGLISH); ' NYAYAPALIKA KI AGNI PARIKSHA'; ' NYAYAPALIKA: AAVSHYAKTA SAMPURM KAYAKALAP KI' , 'HEY PARTH ! PRAM PALAN KARO' , ( IN HINDI )

LITERARY ARTISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

INTRODUCED ' POST CARD' WRITS IN JUDICIARY AND LOK ADALATS IN RAJASTHAN: COLUMNIST FOR HINDI DAILIES AND CONTRIBUTED HUNDREDS OF ARTICLES

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

PRESIDENT , ALL INDIA LODHA SAMAJ; RECIPIENT OF ' JAIN RATNA ' ,'SAMAJ RATNA' AND ' LODHA RATNA' TITLES

SPECIAL INTERESTS

SERVICE TO NATION , SOCIAL SERVICE AND LEGAL AID WORK

FAVORITE PASTIME AND RECREATION

READING AND WRITING

SPORT AND CLUBS

BADMINTON AND KABADDI

COUNTRIES VISITED

FRANCE, GERMANY, HOLLAND, HONG KONG, ITALY, JAPAN, SWITZERLAND, THAILAND, U. K. AND U. S. A.

OTHER INFORMATION

PARTICIPATED AND ARRESTED IN FREEDOM STRUGGLE, 1942; ALSO IMPRISONED FOR PARTICIPATION IN RSS MOVEMENT IN 1948, BANGLADESH AGITATION, ANTI-PRICE RISE AGITATION, GADRA AND OTHER SUCH AGITATIONS; DETENTION DURING EMERGENCY, 1975; REPRESENTED RAJASTHAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IN COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE, 1975-76 HELD IN DELHI; SUFFERED IMPRISONMENT AT SAHARANPUR JAIL FOR PARTICIPATION IN RAMJANAM BHUMI AYODHYA AGITATION; WAS ARRESTED IN GOHATYA VIRODHI ANDOLANS; LEGAL PRACTITIONER, 1951-78; PRESIDENT, RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT ADVOCATES' ASSOCIATION; MEMBER, BAR COUNCIL OF RAJASTHAN; PARTICIPATED IN THE TRICOLOR FLAG HOSTING AT LAL CHOWK, SRINAGAR ON 26TH JANUARY, 1992 AT THE CONCLUSION OF EKTA YATRA FROM KANYA KUMARI TO SRINAGAR