SMC(C) No. 1/2017
IN RE VS HONBLE MR JUSTICE C.S. KARNAN
The Seven Judge Bench of the Supreme Court found Justice Karnan guilty of contempt, sentenced him to six months imprisonment, and held that his allegations against various judges and the judiciary in general were malicious and defamatory. The Court held that the conduct of Justice Karnan constituted criminal contempt, which both scandalised the court and interfered with the administration of justice.The judgment of the Court was authored by Chief Justice Khehar. Justice Chelameswar wrote a separate concurring judgment for himself and Justice Gogoi.
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November 5 1964
Civil Appeal/1014/1963
Hon'ble Justice K. SUBBA RAO, J. c. SHAH AND S. M. SlKRI
COLLECTOR OF SULTANPUR AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJA JAGDISH PRASAD SAHI
November 5 1964
Civil Appeal/1014/1963
Honourable Judge K. SUBBA RAO, J. c. SHAH AND S. M. SlKRI
COLLECTOR OF SULTANPUR AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJA JAGDISH PRASAD SAHI
April 16 2019
WP/28924/2018
Hon'ble Justice C.PRAVEEN KUMAR,
M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
Sri Vyasasramam Yerpedu Vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh
April 16 2019
WP/28924/2018
Honourable Judge C . PRAVEEN KUMAR,
M . SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
Sri Vyasasramam Yerpedu Vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh
The First Chief Justice of High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati
Justice J.K. Maheshwari was born on June 29, 1961 in a small town Joura, District Morena (M.P.). He graduated in Arts in 1982 and passed LL.B. in 1985 and completed LL.M in 1991. He was enrolled as an Advocate with the State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh on November 22, 1985 and practiced in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Service and Tax matters. He was the elected member of the M.P. State Bar Council.
He was appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on November 25, 2005 and on November 25, 2008, appointed as permanent Judge of the Hon’ble Court.
He was a part of various committees, pertaining to betterment of administration of High court of Madhya Pradesh and continued his good offices till October 06 ,2019. He was transferred as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and assumed office on October 07, 2019. He was the First Chief Justice of the newly established Andhra Pradesh High Court.He was transferred as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Sikkim on January 06, 2021.
He has taken oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 31, 2021.