Who among these was the Chief Justice of India and hailed from Odisha?

Justice RanganathMisra
Justice Dipak Misra
Justice G B Pattanaik
Justice Lalit Mohan Sharma

The correct answer is: c) Justice G B Pattanaik

Justice G B Pattanaik was the Chief Justice of India from 1998 to 1999. He was born in Odisha in 1934 and enrolled as an advocate in the Odisha High Court in 1957. He was appointed as a judge of the Odisha High Court in 1978 and as a judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1991. He was the Chief Justice of India from 1998 to 1999. He retired from the Supreme Court in 1999.

Justice Ranganath Misra was the Chief Justice of India from 2012 to 2013. He was born in Karnataka in 1942 and enrolled as an advocate in the Karnataka High Court in 1967. He was appointed as a judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1985 and as a judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1993. He was the Chief Justice of India from 2012 to 2013. He retired from the Supreme Court in 2013.

Justice Dipak Misra was the Chief Justice of India from 2017 to 2018. He was born in Odisha in 1953 and enrolled as an advocate in the Orissa High Court in 1977. He was appointed as a judge of the Orissa High Court in 1998 and as a judge of the Supreme Court of India in 2011. He was the Chief Justice of India from 2017 to 2018. He retired from the Supreme Court in 2018.

Justice Lalit Mohan Sharma was the Chief Justice of India from 2002 to 2003. He was born in Himachal Pradesh in 1938 and enrolled as an advocate in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1962. He was appointed as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1985 and as a judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1998. He was the Chief Justice of India from 2002 to 2003. He retired from the Supreme Court in 2003.