<P> The Federal Court came into being on 1 September 1937 . The seat of the court was the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building in Delhi . It began with a Chief Justice and two puisne judges . The first Chief Justice was Sir Maurice Gwyer and the other two judges were Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman and M.R. Jayakar . It functioned until the establishment of the Supreme Court of India on 28 January 1950 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Number </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Period of office </Th> <Th> Length of term (days) </Th> <Th> Bar </Th> <Th> Appointed by </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Maurice Gwyer </Td> <Td> 000000001937 - 10 - 01 - 0000 1 October 1937 </Td> <Td> 000000001943 - 04 - 25 - 0000 25 April 1943 </Td> <Td> 2,032 </Td> <Td> Inner Temple </Td> <Td> The Marquess of Linlithgow </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Acting </Td> <Td> Sir Srinivas Vardachariar </Td> <Td> 000000001943 - 04 - 25 - 0000 25 April 1943 </Td> <Td> 000000001943 - 06 - 07 - 0000 7 June 1943 </Td> <Td> 43 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir Patrick Spens </Td> <Td> 000000001943 - 06 - 07 - 0000 7 June 1943 </Td> <Td> 000000001947 - 08 - 14 - 0000 14 August 1947 </Td> <Td> 1,529 </Td> <Td> Inner Temple </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir H.J. Kania </Td> <Td> 000000001947 - 08 - 14 - 0000 14 August 1947 </Td> <Td> 000000001950 - 01 - 26 - 0000 26 January 1950 </Td> <Td> 896 </Td> <Td> Bombay High Court </Td> <Td> The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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