C. K. Daphtary

{{Short description|Former Attorney General of India}}

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| office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

| termstart = 3 April 1972

| termend = 2 April 1978

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| office1 = Attorney General of India{{cite book|author=PEU GHOSH|title=INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5sqiDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA445|year=2017|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-203-5318-3|page=445}}

| term1 = 2 March 1963 – 30 October 1968

| predecessor1 = M. C. Setalvad

| successor1 = Niren De

| office2 = Solicitor General of India

| term2 = 28 January 1950 – 1 March 1963

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| successor2 = H.N. Sanyal

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| spouse = Sushila Daphtary

| children = 1 son and 2 daughters

|awards = Padma Vibhushan (1967)

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Chander Kishan Daphtary (1 April 1893 – 18 February 1983) was an Indian lawyer and was the first Solicitor General of India from 1950 to 1963. He was the Attorney General for India from 1963 to 1968.[http://www.vakilno1.com/luminaries/AttorneyGen.html Attorney General of Independent India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625191613/http://www.vakilno1.com/luminaries/AttorneyGen.html |date=2012-06-25 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-attorney-generals-of-india-1513775299-1 | title=List of Attorney Generals of India | publisher=Jagran Josh | date=20 December 2017 | access-date=17 January 2019}} He was the President of the Bar Association of India.{{cite book|author=Kuldip Nayar|title=Beyond the Lines: An Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p85bBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT384|year=2012|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=978-81-7436-821-8|page=384}} He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha the Upper House of Indian Parliament from 1972 to 1978. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1967.{{cite book|author=Trimbak Krishna Tope|title=The Constitution of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1YGAAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Popular Prakashan|page=252}}{{cite book|author=Fali S. Nariman|title=Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT43|year=2010|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-00-5|page=43}}{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sh6qWN4dcp4C|year=1972|publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press|page=11}}