Hon'ble Chief Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao | |
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Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court | |
Assumed office 30 May 2023 | |
Nominated by | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud |
Appointed by | Droupadi Murmu |
Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court | |
In office 12 October 2021 – 29 May 2023 | |
Nominated by | N. V. Ramana |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court | |
In office 31 August 2021 – 11 October 2021 | |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Preceded by | Hima Kohli |
Succeeded by | Satish Chandra Sharma |
Judge of Telangana High Court | |
In office 29 June 2012 – 30 August 2021 | |
Nominated by | S. H. Kapadia |
Appointed by | Prathiba Patil |
Personal details | |
Born | Hyderabad, Telangana,India | 7 August 1966
Alma mater | Osmania University |
Mamidanna Satyaratna Ramachandra Rao (born 7 August 1966) is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. He is a former Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Telangana High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.[1]
Career
Born on 7 August 1966 at Hyderabad, he passed law from Osmania University in 1989. On 7 September 1989 he was enrolled as an Advocate. He secured LL.M from the University of Cambridge, U.K. in 1991. He was awarded the Cambridge Common Wealth Scholarship and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International Scholarship for study of the LL.M Course at the Cambridge University, U.K. He was also awarded the Pegasus Scholarship by the Pegasus Scholarship Trust, Inner Temple, London headed by Lord Goff of Chievely, a Judicial Member of the House of Lords. Under this Scholarship, he was provided training in the Brick Court Chambers, Middle Temple, London and in Clifford Chance, a multinational Solicitors firm, London.[2][3] He practiced in Civil Law, Arbitration, Company Law, Administrative and Constitutional Law, Labour and Service Law. He was elevated as an Additional Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court on 29 June 2012 and made permanent on 4 December 2013. He took over as Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court on 31 August 2021 consequent upon the appointment of Justice Hima Kohli, Chief Justice of Telangana High Court as a Judge of Supreme Court of India. He was transferred as Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court on 5 October 2021 and took oath on 12 October 2021.[4]
References
- ^ "Justice MS Ramachandra Rao appointed acting Chief Justice of TS High Court". News Meter. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Hon'ble Sri Justice M.S.Ramachandra Rao". High Court for the State of Telangana.
- ^ "Hon'ble Chief Justice and Judges of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana". highcourtchd.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Justice MS Ramachandra Rao appointed acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court". Bar & Bench. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.