Ravi Swaroop Dhavan (22 July 1942 – 5 January 2016)[1] was an Indian Judge and former Chief justice of the Patna High Court.
[2] He was the son of Justice Shanti Swaroop Dhavan, the 7th Governor of West Bengal.
He did his schooling from Sherwood College, Nainital and passed Law and enrolled as an Advocate under the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council in 1966.
Dhavan started practice in the Allahabad High Court on Civil, Taxation and constitutional issues.
[4] Dhavan became the Chief Justice of Patna High Court on 25 January 2000 and retired on 22 July 2004.