| Biswanath Agrawal | |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1944 |
| Office: | 17th Chief justice of Odisha High Court |
| Termstart: | 18 November 1999 |
| Termend: | 18 October 2000 |
| Predecessor: | Sailendu Nath Phukan |
| Successor: | N. Y. Hanumanthappa |
| Honorific Prefix: | Justice |
Biswanath N. Agrawal (born 15 October, 1944) is a former judge at Supreme Court of India. He started as a judge at Patna High Court in November 1986. Later, he was promoted as the Chief Justice at Orissa High Court in November 1999. He got to the Supreme Court of India as a judge on October 19, 2000 and retired in 2009.[1] [2] He opposed National Judicial Commission legislation in 2014 that could move judges from one state to other. He said:[3]
Agrawal was born in 1944. He passed LL.B. and started practice in the Patna High Court in 1996. He worked mainly in Civil and Constitutional matters.[4] He was appointed a judge of Patna High Court on 17 November 1986. Agarwal became the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court in November 1999. Thereafter he was elevated to the post of the Justice of Supreme Court of India on 19 October 2000.[5]
In September 2017, it was alleged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that Mr. Agrawal took large sums from the Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow[6] to help in getting them favourable orders. A special investigation team was formed by the Supreme Court to investigate the issue.[7] [8]