P. V. Dixit

Hon'ble Mr. Justice (Retd.)
Purushottam Vinayak Dixit
Chairman, 9th Law Commssion of India
In office
1979–1980
Appointed byNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
Prime MinisterMorarji Desai
Preceded byHans Raj Khanna
Succeeded byK. K. Mathew
3rd Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office
22 September 1959 – 18 March 1969
Nominated bySudhi Ranjan Das
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Preceded byGanesh Prasad Bhutt
Succeeded byBishambhar Dayal
Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office
1 November 1956 – 21 September 1959
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Chief Justice of Madhya Bharat High Court
In office
1 October 1956 – 31 October 1956
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Judge of Madhya Bharat High Court
In office
26 January 1950 – 30 September 1956
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Chief Justice of Gwalior High Court
In office
1946 – 25 January 1950
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Judge of Gwalior High Court
In office
1945 - 1946
In office
1941 - 1942
Personal details
Born(1907-03-19)19 March 1907
Alma materNagpur University, Christ's College, Cambridge
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Purushottam Vinayak Dixit (born 19 March 1907) was an Indian judge and the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court from 1959 to 1969. He was also the acting Governor of Madhya Pradesh in February 1966.