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Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Assumed office
31 August 2021
Nominated byN. V. Ramana
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Additional Solicitor General of India
In office
May 2014 – 15 December 2018
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Personal details
Born (1963-05-03) 3 May 1963 (age 60)
Hyderabad
Alma materUniversity of Delhi

Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha (born 3 May 1963) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former Additional Solicitor General of India.[1] He is well known for his work on the Ayodhya Title Dispute and the BCCI cases.[2][3]

Career

Narasimha was brought up in Hyderabad. He graduated from Nizam College, Hyderabad.[4] After receiving a Bachelor of Laws in 1988 he started practice in Andhra Pradesh High Court. His father Kodanda Ramayya was also a judge and legal writer. Narasimha then moved to New Delhi to practice at the Supreme Court.[5] He was designated as Senior Advocate and was appointed as Addl. Solicitor General of India in 2014.[6] In August 2021 he became a judge of Supreme Court. He is in line to become the 56th Chief Justice of India, if the convention of seniority is followed.[7]

References

  1. ^ "PS Narasimha: The Negotiator". The Indian Express. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ "P.S. Narasimha". Supreme Court Observer. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ "PS Narasimha to become 6th lawyer to be elevated to SC Bench from bar on Collegium recommendation". The Economic Times. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Senior Advocate PS Narasimha will be the third person directly appointed from Bar to be Chief Justice of India". www.BarandBench.com. BarandBench. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Soon-to-be SC judge Narasimha grew up in Hyderabad | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  6. ^ "PS Narasimha to become 6th lawyer to be elevated to SC bench from bar on Collegium recommendation". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. ^ "7 Next CJIs". Supreme Court Observer. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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