| Name(s) |
JASTI CHELAMESWAR |
| Date of
Birth |
June 23, 1953 |
|
Identity |
Former judge of the
Supreme Court of India and former Chief Justice of the High
Courts of Kerala and Gauhati. |
|
Description & Events |
- One
of the 4 judges who held a
controversial press conference in
virtual revolt against the Chief
Justice of India, Dipak
Misra.
- Oct 13,
1995: He was designated
as a senior counsel in1995 and
appointed as additional advocate
general of Andhra Pradesh on this
day.
- May 17,
1999: He was elevated as
additional judge of Andhra Pradesh
High Court on Jun 23, 1997 and as
judge with effect from this day.
- May 02,
2007: On this day, he
was appointed as the Chief Justice
of the Gauhati High Court.
- Mar 17,
2010: On this day, he
retired as the Chief Justice of the
Gauhati High Court, and was
appointed as the Chief Justice of
the Kerala High Court.
- Oct 09,
2011: On this day, he
retired as the Chief Justice of the
Kerala High Court.
- Oct 10,
2011: He was elevated as
a judge to the Supreme Court of
India on this day.
- Dec 01,
2014: Along with
justices Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and
Kurian Joseph, he had raised
questions on "selective" allocation
of cases, including the sensitive
case of special CBI judge B H Loya,
who died on this day.
- Jan 12,
2018: The press meet on
this day by 4 Supreme Court
seniormost judges led by him, was
the first in the history of the
Supreme Court; it did send shock
waves in the court's corridors and
caught the nation by fearsome
surprise.
- Jun 22,
2018: On this day, he
retired as the Judge of Supreme
Court of India.
- May 18,
2018: He had refused the
invitation of the Supreme Court Bar
Association to participate in a
farewell function. However, he
followed the tradition and sat on
the bench along with CJI Misra on
this day, his last working day in
the apex court before it closed for
the summer vacation.
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