M. Jagannadha Rao
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Justice M. Jagannadha Rao | |
|---|---|
| Judge of Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 21 March 1997 – 1 December 2000 | |
| Chairman, 17th Law Commission of India | |
| In office 2003–2006 | |
| Chief Justice of Kerala High Court | |
| In office 1991–1994 | |
| Chief Justice of Delhi High Court | |
| In office 1994–1997 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 December 1935 Rajahmundry, Madras Province, British India |
| Died | 25 November 2024 (aged 88) |
M. Jagannadha Rao (2 December 1935 – 25 November 2024) was an Indian judge who was Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and Delhi High Court. He also sat on the Supreme Court of India.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Rao was born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh on 2 December 1935. He passed B.Sc. (Hons.) from Presidency College, Madras and L.L.B. from Osmania University.
Rao enrolled as an advocate in 1960, and practiced on the High Court of Andhra Pradesh for 22 years. He worked with his father, Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao, and later with his paternal uncle, Justice M. Krishna Rao.
He was appointed Additional Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh on 29 September 1982 and Permanent Judge on 29 November 1982. Rao was appointed Chief Justice of Kerala High Court in August 1991, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in March 1994 and Judge of Supreme Court of India on 23 March 1997.
Rao retired as Judge of Supreme Court of India on 2 December 2000.[2] His son Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao is currently a Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.[3]
He was vice-chairman and chairman of the Sixteenth Law Commission of India from 2001 to 2003 and Chairman of the Seventeenth Law Commission of India from 2003 to 2006.[4] He has submitted about 26 Reports, starting from 176th Report to the 201st Report, on a variety of legal issues of contemporary relevance.
He was a member of the Academic Councils of the National Law University, Bangalore and Jodhpur, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi and Chairman of the Academic Council, Army Institute of Law, Chandigarh.[citation needed]
Rao died on 25 November 2024, at the age of 88.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Honourable Sri Justice". Hc.ap.nic.in. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Former Judges". Supreme Court of India. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "The Hon'Ble Sri Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao". Hc.ap.nic.in. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Back to Law Commission Home Page". Lawcommissionofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Former Supreme Court judge Justice M Jagannadha Rao passes away". Bar and Bench. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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