Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajendra Badamikar: Born on 01.06.1962. Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka and taken oath on 25.03.2021.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anil Bheemsen Katti: Born on 17.04.1962. Native of Belagavi. Enrolled as Advocate and practiced at Belagavi. Appointed as Munsiff on 08.02.1995. Appointed as District Judge on 27.06.2009.
Served as Prl. Judge, Family Court at Davanagere, Bengaluru and as Prl. District & Sessions Judge, Bagalkot and Prl. City Civil & Sessions Judge, Bengaluru.
Sworn-in as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 16.08.2022.

Hon'ble Dr. Justice Hosur Bhujangaraya Prabhakara Sastry: Born on 04.04.1962 at Davangere. Completed Law Degree at R L Law College, Davangere.
Obtained MA and LLM degrees from Bengaluru University and Ph.D from National Law School of Indian University. Enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1991 and practiced at various Courts at Bengaluru and other places and also served as Standing Counsel for undefended accused in the Sessions Court of Bengaluru Rural District.
Appointed as District and Sessions Judge on 27.05.2002 and served at Kalaburgi, Bengaluru, Bagalkot, Chikballapur and Tumkur and also served for a short period as Registrar in the Registry of Supreme Court of India. Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 21-02-2017 and Permanent Judge on 03.11.2018.

Born on 10th January, 1964.
Completed Graduation in Bachelor of Arts and LL.B and Enrolled as an Advocate on 23rd August, 1989 in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu. Commenced Practice in the High Court of Judicature at Madras from 1989 to 1992.
In the year 1993, transferred the name to the Rolls of Karnataka State Bar Council. From 1st January, 1996 Started independent practice in almost all fields of Constitutional, Civil, Taxation cases (motor vehicle taxation and cutoms), Mining laws, Environment and Forest cases, Arbitration cases, cases under the Sugar Cane Control Order relating to Cane Areas Reservation & Price fixation, COFEPOSA Detentions, Land reforms, Land Revenue, Civil suits, Cases under Negotiable Instruments Act, Intellectual Property Rights case, Mediated family disputes and conducted cases, Criminal Petitions.
Awarded as NCC Best Cadet in the year 1982-83 and Gold Medalist in Judo State Championships in the year 1982-83.
Field of specialization - Constitutional, Civil, Taxation (Customs), Mining laws, Environment and Forest cases, Arbitration Cases.
Served as Co-opted member of the Karnataka State Bar Council. Appointed as an Addtional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 2nd January, 2015 and Permanent Judge on 30.12.2017.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.Veerappa: Born on 1st June, 1961. Studied in Primary Education at Government Primary School, Nagadenahalli, Srinivasapura: Secondary Education at Government Higher Primary School, High School and Pre-University Education at Government High School, Composite Junior College, Srinivasapura, Kolar; Degree at Government College, Kolar and LL.B., at Renukacharya Law College, Bengaluru.
Started practice in the High Court of Karnataka in the year 1988 in the office of Prof. M.S.Gopal, Senior Advocate at Bengaluru
Appointment as Government pleader on 01.07.1995 and worked upto 15.09.2000 and as Additional Government Advocate on 25.05.2005 and continued as such till 1.1.2015 by conducting various cases. worked as Government Advocate for more than 15 years in all successive Governments.
Ministry of Education & Social Welfare, Government of India has awarded "Three Stars" Merit Certificate for Completion of the National Physical Efficiency Tests (Seniors) COnducted in the year 1979 in the state of Karnataka on 16.06.1979.
Has passed National cadet Corps (N.C.C.) 'B' Certificate on 11.5.1985 (CPL) and National Cadet Corps (N.C.C.) 'C' Certificate during Feb 1983 (SGT) under the authority of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
Has represented the Bengaluru University in Wrestling in the year 1984-85. Won first place in Kabaddi in Inter College Competition during the year 1984-85
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 02-01-2015 and Permanent Judge on 30.12.2016.

Hon`ble Mr. Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai: Born on 21.05.1961 at Navalgund, Dharwad District. Did Bachelor of Science (B.sc) Degree from P.C. Jabin Science College, Hubli and LL.B. (Spl) from University College of Law, Dharwad. Enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1984 and joined the Chambers of his father - Late Sri. N.J.Desai, Advocate. Practiced both on Civil and Criminal Side at Navalgund and Dharwad District Courts. Joined Judiciary on 25.07.1992 as a Munsiff & JMFC (Presently Civil Judge) and stood first in the merit list of the batch. Worked as Munsiff and JMFC at Turuvekere Taluk, Tumkur District and Sedam Taluk, Kalaburagi District. Promoted as Senior Civil Judge in the year 2002. Worked as an Assistant Draftsmen & Ex-officio Deputy Secretary to Government of Karnataka, Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru. Served as Principal Senior Civil Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) at Hassan and Registrar, City Civil Court, Bengaluru. In the year 2009, through a limited Departmental competitive examination conducted by the High Court of Karnataka, promoted as District Judge and worked as Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru, Presiding Officer of Additional Industrial Tribunal, Bengaluru, Judge, Family Court, Mangaluru and Additional District & Sessions Judge, Mangaluru. Worked as an Assistant Director, Deputy Director and a Senior faculty member at Karnataka Judicial Academy, Bengaluru. Trained mediator from Bengaluru Mediation Centre, Bengaluru. Served in the High Court of Karnataka as Secretary to Hon`ble The Chief Justice, Additional Registrar General at High Court of Karnataka Dharwad Bench, Registrar (Judicial) and Registrar (Vigilance), High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru. Worked as Principal District and Sessions Judge, Chikkamagaluru District and Principal Judge, Family Court, Bengaluru. Appointed as an Additional Judge, High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru on 04-05-2020 and Permanent Judge, High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru on 25-09-2021.

Hon'ble Shri. Justice P Krishna Bhat: Born on 08.08.1960. Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka and taken oath on 21.05.2020 and Permanent Judge on 25.09.2021.

Hon'ble Mrs. Justice S.Sujatha: Born on 20th May 1960. Graduated LL.B. in Sree Jagadguru Renukacharya College of Law, Bangalore and enrolled as a Advocate in the High Court of Karnataka.
Practiced in the field of Tax, Excise, Civil, Constitutional, Education, Service, Labour, BDA, APMC Bangalore. Appointed as a Government Pleader in period of 1995 - 2000, additional Government Advocate in the period of 2005 - 2008.
Appointed as an additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 02-01-2015 and Permanent Judge on 30.12.2016.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Nangli Krishnarao Sudhindrarao: Born on 04-12-1959. Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 21-02-2017 and Permanent Judge on 03.11.2018.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice P.B.Bajanthri: Born on 23rd October 1963. Studied in Vidhyavardhaka Sangha, K.L.E. Society and S.J.R.C. Law College, Bangalore.
Enrolled as Advocate on 1990 and Practiced in High Court of Karnataka, KAT, CAT and Educational Authorities. During 1993 - 94 appeared as a KPSC Standing Counsel. Appointed as Notary by the Government of India in May 2006.
Some of the cases relating to validity of the rules argued involving interpretation of constitutional provisions before the KAT are upheld by the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka, like portion of the Karnataka employment and Training Services (Craftsman and Apprenticeship Training)(Recruitment) Rules, 1998, the Karnataka Civil Services (Absorption of Assistant Engineers & Juniors Engineers appointed on Contract Basis and inn adhoc basis in the Water Resources Services)(Special) Rules, 2002, the Karnataka Civil Services (Absorption of persons appointed on contract basis against Backlog vacancies in the Category of Assistant Engineers and Junior Engineers) in the Departments of Public Work Engineering, Water Resources & Rural Development and Panchayath Raj (Special) Rules, 2005 and the Karnataka Panchayath Raj Engineering Department Services (Cadre and Recruitment) Rules, 2008.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 02.01.2015. Transferred as an Judge of High Court of Punjab and Haryana on 16th March 2015. On transfer to Karnataka High Court, His Lordship took oath as Judge of Karnataka High Court on 17.11.2018. On Transfer to Patna High Court and his lordship assumed the office as Judge on 20th Oct 2021.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Golappa Nijagannavar: Born on 09-07-1959. Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 03.11.2018 and Permanent Judge on 26.02.2020.

Hon'ble Shri. Justice John Michael Cunha: Born on 7th April, 1959. Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 14.11.2016 and Permanent Judge on 03.11.2018.

Hon'ble Shri. Justice Basavaraj Andanagouda Patil: Born on 20th January, 1959. Obtained Law Degree from the University Law College, Dharwad in the 1983. Enrolled as an Advocate on 16.6.1983 and practiced at Dharwad. Obtained LLM Degree with 1st Rank and Gold Medal. Worked as part-time faculty member in various Law Colleges and Karnataka University, Dharwad. Directly selected as District and Sessions Judge in the year 2002. Honoured with Arybhata Award by Aryabhata Samskruti Samsthe. Assisted the Committee on Reforms of Criminal Justice System. Visited United States of America to undergo training on Mediation Techniques and a Trained Mediator. Appointed as Additional Judge of High Court of Karnataka on 14th November, 2016 and Permanent Judge on 03.11.2018.

Hobbies of reading, writing articles and books, singing, listening to music, playing cricket and helping the poor and needy people.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.N.Satyanarayana: Born on 15-01-1959. Enrolled as an Advocate on 22-04-1983 at Bangalore. Practiced in Civil Cases, regarding tenancy, Recovery, Partition, Criminal Practiced as SPP in Special Courts practiced in High Court in Writ & Appeal Work.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 09-06-2008 and Permanent Judge on 08.06.2012. Transferred to Punjab and Hariyana High Court as a Judge on 27.03.2020.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.N.Phaneendra: Born on 20-05-1958. Enrolled as an Advocate on 07-08-1985 and practiced in Tumkur District on Civil and Criminal matters. Directly recruited as District and Sessions Judge on 17-06-1998 and served as Additional District and Sessions Judge at Bangalore and Shimoga and as Principal District and Sessions Judge at Udupi, Haveri and Belgaum also served as Secretary to Hon’ble Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka, as Director, Bangalore Mediation Centre and as Principal Secretary to Government of Karnataka, Department of Law, Justice and Human Rights.
Appointed as an additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 24-10-2013 and Permanent Judge on 04.03.2016.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ravi Malimath: Born on 25-05-1962. Enrolled as an Advocate on 28-01-1987 at Bangalore. Practiced in Constitutional, Civil, Criminal, Labour, Service, Mainly at Karnataka High Court, Bangalore.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 18-02-2008 and permanent Judge on 17-02-2010. Transferred to Uttharakhanad High Court as a Judge on 05.03.2020.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pralhadrao Govindrao Mutalik Patil: Born on 20-02-1958. Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 03.11.2018.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice L. Narayana Swamy: Born on 01-07-1959. Enrolled as an Advocate during the year 1987 and practised in the High Court on Writ Petitions, Service Matters, Land Reforms, Land Revenue and PIL.
Worked as High Court Govt. Pleader from 1995 to 1999. Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 04-07-2007 and permanent Judge on 17-04-2009 and as The Acting Chief Justice from 17.01.2019 to 09.05.2019.
Elevated as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court and taken oath on 06.10.2019.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Appasaheb Shantappa Bellunke: Born on 03-08-1957. Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 03.11.2018. Retired on 02.08.2019.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice H.G.Ramesh : Born on January 16, 1957. Enrolled as an Advocate on July 16, 1982. Practised in the High Court of Karnataka from 1982 to 2003.
Appointed as an Additional Judge on May 12, 2003, as a Permanent Judge on September 24, 2004 and as The Acting Chief Justice from 10.10.2017 till 12.02.2018. Retired on 15.01.2019.

QUALIFICATIONS & LAW PRACTICE:
• As a Lawyer, practiced in Tax & other Commercial and Constitutional Laws, Arbitration & Company Law for 20 years in Rajasthan High Court & Supreme Court of India. 11 years as Judge in Rajasthan High Court since 13-06-2005. As Judge of Karnataka High Court since 18-04-2016.
• Awarded Ph.D in Tax Laws (2004). B.Com.(Hons.)(1978) LL.B.(1981), LL.M.(1999)
• Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) & the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) since 1982.
• Enrolled as Advocate on 07-09-1984 by Bar Council of Rajasthan.
• Has taught in Faculty of Law, University of Jodhpur for about 6 Years as part time Faculty from 1994 to 2000.

ACADEMIC PURSUITS:

• Was Chief Editor of National Level Journal ‘Sales Tax Literature’ during 1986-1990.
• Various Articles Published in National & International Law Journals at regular intervals.
• Article on “Child Education & Poverty’ giving suggestions for compulsory Military training to youth of the country, acknowledged and appreciated by the then President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in 2006.
• Paper on ‘Constitutional Features & Indian Democracy’ published in 2013 by Korea Legal Research Institute (KLRI) in their Global issues.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PARTICIPATIONS/PAPERS:

2013

• In an International Tax Conference organized by International Association of Tax Judges (IATJ) contributed a Paper on ‘Transfer Pricing’ at Amsterdam, Holland on 31st August, 2013.

2014

• Participated as Panel Member in Judges’ Seminar in 68th Congress of International Fiscal Association (IFA) in Mumbai in October 2014 on ‘International Tax Treaties’.

2015

• Contributed Paper in January, 2015 “International Taxation: Indian Perspective on Dispute Resolution Mechanism” in World Congress on International Law at Delhi organized by the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL).
• Chaired Technical Session on “E-Commerce Transaction/Cloud Computing – Tax Controversies” in April, 2015 in IFA (India) International Conference at Delhi.
• Contributed Paper on ‘Social Networking by Judges’ in Luzern, Switzerland, in September 2015 in IATJ and judged on Judges Panel in Basel, Switzerland, a Moot organized by IFA in September 2015.

2016

• Contributed Paper on ‘Case Load Control of Tax Cases in India in IATJ 7th Congress in Madrid, Spain in September, 2016.
• Nominated as Hony. Director on Board of International Association of Tax Judges (IATJ) in September 2016 for 3 years by IATJ.

2017

• Contributed Paper on “Use of Foreign Case Laws in Interpretation of Tax Treaties” in IATJ 8th Congress at Helsinki, Finland in October 2017.

2018

• Contributing Paper on “Need for Judicial Education & Training” in CMJA Conference at Brisbane, Australia on 12th Sept. 2018.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR:

• Has been a Table-Tennis & Badminton Player, as also a Cricketer.
• Has soft music interests, particularly Instrumental music.
• His Lordship is transfered and took oath as Judge of High Court of Madras on 23.11.2018.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice Raghvendra S. Chauhan: Born on 24th December 1959. Graduated from Arcadia University, Glenside, PA (USA) in the year 1980 and obtained LL.B. Degree from Delhi University, Delhi, in the year 1983. Enrolled as an Advocate with the Rajasthan Bar Council on 13.11.1983.
Practiced in the Rajasthan High COurt from 1986 to June 2005 on the Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and Service Law. Conducted cases for various private and public sector. Elevated as Permanent Judge on 13th June 2005. Took oath as Judge of Karnataka High Court on 10th March 2015.
His Lordship is transfered and took oath as Judge of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the state of Andra Pradesh and Telangana on 23.11.2018.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Budihal R.B: Born on 1-10-1956. Enrolled as an Advocate on 07-09-1983 and Practiced on Civil and Criminal side at Bagalkot and Bijapur. Appointed as District and Sessions Judge during May, 1996.
Served as an Additional District and Sessions Judge at Bangalore and Gulbarga and as Principal District and Sessions Judge at Gadag, City Civil Court at Bangalore and Belgaum.
Also served as the Registrar (Judicial), Registrar (Vigilance), Secretary to Hon'ble Chief Justice and Registrar General. Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 24-10-2013 and Permanent Judge on 04.03.2016. Retired on 30.09.2018

Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.Sreenivas Gowda: Born on 16-06-1956. Enrolled as an Advocate on 17-07-1982 at Bangalore. Praciced in Civil, Criminal, Labour, Service & Constitutional laws at Bangalore.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 02-06-2008 and Permanent Judge on 05.09.2011 and Retired on 15.06.2018

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Patil Bhimanagouda Sanganagouda: Born on 01.06.1956. Enrolled as an Advocate on 05.09.1980. Practised in Trial Courts and High Court. Appointed as an Permanent Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 21.10.2004 and Retired on 31.05.2018.

Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Rathnakala: Born on 27th January 1956. Enrolled as an Advocate on 3rd October 1982 and practiced on Civil and Criminal matters. Appointed as directly recruited District and Sessions Judge on 09.05.1996 and served as Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bangalore and Shimoga; as Presiding Officer of Family Court, Bangalore, Industrial Tribunal, Mysore, Labour Court, Bangalore and Karnataka State Transport Appellate Tribunal and as the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Shimoga, Chikmagalur and Bangalore Rural District & the Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 24th October 2013,Permanent Judge on 04.03.2016 and retired on 26.01.2018.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jayant M. Patel: Born on 04.08.1956 at Veraval, now Gir Somnath District in the State of Gujarat.

Passed B.Com. and LL.B. from M. S. University, Baroda and LL.B. (Spc.) at Saurashtra University, Rajkot. Having first class educational career and was also awarded National Merit Scholarship while studying LL.B.

Entered Bar in August, 1979 and initially started practice at District Court, Rajkot. In the year 1985 shifted to Gujarat High Court.

In November 1990, appointed as Additional Central Govt. Standing Counsel and worked for 10 years and then was also made in-charge Sr. Central Govt. Standing Counsel.

Since 1998 appointed as Sr. Counsel to Railways, Govt. of India and continued posts till elevation.

Appointed as Counsel for the Income Tax Department during 1997-98.

Appointed as Standing Counsel for SAFEMA (Ministry of Finance), Govt. of India since 1991-92 and continued to work till elevation.

Represented large number of Banks, Panchayats, Municipalities and conducted large number of Constitutional matters, variety of civil as well as criminal matters on behalf of private parties as well as Central Government and had lucrative practice at the Bar.

Has keen interest in various methods of working in the system of administration of justice in various countries and also visited various High Courts and Supreme Court in USA, England, France, Singapore, Germany and Canada etc.,

Elevated as Additional Judge, High Court of Gujarat on December 3, 2001 and confirmed as permanent Judge on 09.08.2004.

Appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Gujarat w.e.f. 13th August, 2015.

Sworn-in as Judge of Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru on 13.2.2016.

Appointed as Executive Chairman of Karnataka State Legal Services Authority with effect from 2.5.2016. Appointed as the President of Arbitration Law Centre at Bengaluru from 27.2.2016. Appointed as Executive Chairman, Indian Law Institute, Karnataka State Unit with effect from 29.6.2016 and Appointed as Executive Chairperson of Regional Office of International Centre For Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR) with effect from 20.06.2017.

Laid down the Office on 25.09.2017.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bangreppa Hinchigeri: Born on 24-08-1955. Enrolled as an Advocate during 1987. Practised in the Lower Courts and the High Court of Karnataka.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 07-03-2005 and permanent judge on 01.03.2007.
Retired as High Court Judge on 23.08.2017.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice B. Manohar: Born on 20-07-1955. Enrolled as an Advocate on 04-08-1983 at Bangalore. Practiced in Service matters, Education cases,GM, KLR, KLRA, Land Reforms and other civil cases.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 12-03-2010 and Permanent Judge on 18.11.2013. Retired as High Court Judge on 19.07.2017

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Amblikal Narayana Gowda Venugopala Gowda: Born on 16-06-1955. Enrolled as an Advocate on 26-10-1979 and practised at Trial Courts, Appellate Courts, Tribunals and High Court, Bengaluru.
Worked as Principal High Court Govt. Advocate and Special Council for CET and CAC Cells of Govt. of Karnataka, Panel Advocate of KPSC, Indian Railways, Bangalore Development Authority, Karnataka Co-op. Apex Bank Ltd., Karnataka State Industrical Co-op. Bank Ltd,. Karnataka State Co-op. Marketing Federation Ltd., Karnataka State Primary Co-op. Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Ltd. etc.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 04-07-2007 and became permanent Judge on 17-04-2009.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anand Byrareddy : Born on 01-05-1955. Enrolled as an Advocate on 22-03-1983. Practised in District and sessions Court at Bangalore and the High Court of Karnataka. Appointed as Permanent Judge in the Karnataka High Court on 07-03-2005.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice H.Billappa: Born on 08-10-1954. Enrolled as an Advocate on 27.10.1978. Practised in the High Court of Karnataka.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 08.09.2003 and as a Permanent Judge on 24/09/2004.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice N.Kumar: Born on 28.06.1954. Enrolled as an Advocate on 06.02.1976. Practised in the High Court of Karnataka. Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 11-12-2000 and Permanent Judge on 29.10.2001.
He is the President of Karnataka Judicial Academy

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ram Mohan Reddy: Born on 06-06-1954. Enrolled as an Advocate on 17.12.1977. Practised in the High Court of Karnataka. Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 08.09.2003 and as a Permanent Judge on 24/09/2004.
He is the Invitee Member, e-Commttee, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
Member, National Court Management Systems Committee(NCMS), New Delhi
Member, National Legal Services Authority(NALSA), New Delhi
Member, Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal, New Delhi
Member, General Body, National Judicial Academy India(NJA), Bhopal
Member, General Council, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, Chatthisgarh
Chaiman, Committee for Computerization, High Court of Karnataka
Chairman, State Court Management Systems Committee(SCMS), High Court of Karnataka
Chairman, Judicial Process Re-engineering Committee(JPR), High Court of Karnataka

Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.V.Chandrashekara: Born on 30th May 1954. Enrolled as an Advocate on 25.01.1984 and practiced on Civil and Criminal side. Appointed as directly recruited District and Session Judge during May 1996 and served as Additional District and Session Judge, at Bangalore and Mangalore and as Prl. District and Sessions Judge, in Udupi, Kolar, Bangalore Rural and Mandya Districts of Karnataka State;
worked as Member-Secretary, Karnataka State Legal Services Authority and Director of Karnataka Judicial Academy and Bangalore Mediation Centre. Sworn in as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 24.10.2013 and Permanent Judge on 04.03.2016.

Born on 02-05-1954. Enrolled as an Advocate on 8.4.1982. Practised in the High Court of Karnataka. Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 11-12-2000 and permanent Judge on 18-04-2002.
He is the Executive Chairman for Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, Bengaluru. Chairman for Review and Monitoring Committee for providing Infrastructure Facilities to Subordinate Judiciary.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep D.Waingankar: Born on 10-04-1954. Enrolled as an Advocate on 19-09-1981 and practiced on Civil and Criminal matters. Appointed as District and Sessions Judge during June 1998.Served as Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mangalore, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Dharwad, Presiding officer, Transport appellate Tribunal, Bangalore, Chief Judge, Small Causes Court, Bangalore.
Served as Registrar(Administration), High Court of Karnataka from May 2013 till elevation as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 24.10.2013 and Permanent Judge on 04.03.2016.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Chikka Rachappa Kumaraswamy: Born on 25-08-1953. Enrolled as an Advocate on 11-03-1983.
Practised in Civil, Labour and Criminal Courts, Bangalore, and worked as Principal District and Session Judge.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 07-03-2005 and permanent judge on 01.03.2007.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aravind Shiwagouda Pachhapure: Born on 17-06-1953. Enrolled as an Advocate on 18-08-1975 and practised on Civil, Criminal & Co-operative matters.
Appointed as directly recruited District and Sessions Judge during Feb 1993 and served as Additional District and Sessions Judge,Bijapur, Prl.DIstrict and Sessions Judge, Bellary, Registrar (Vigilance) High Court of Karnataka, Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Spl.Court, Registrar General , High Court of Karnataka.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 04-07-2007 and permanent Judge on 03-07-2009.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Narayanappa Ananda: Born on 08-05-1953.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 30-11-1977 and practised at District Court and other courts at Kolar. Worked as Additional Public Prosecutor, First Additional Sessions Court at Bangalore between 1987 and 1989.
worked as Principal District and Sessions Judge in Hassan, Chitradurga and Mangalore and worked as Regstrar Judicial. worked as Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka from 2003 tob till elevation.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 06-01-2006 and permanent judge on 04.01.2008.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.L.Manjunath: Born on 21-04-1953.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 13-09-1974. Practiced in the High Court of Karnataka. Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 11-12-2000 and permanent Judge on 27-10-2001.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Huluvadi G.Ramesh: Born on 20.05.1957. Enrolled as an Advocate on 12.03.1981. Practised in the courts at Mysore and Bangalore Districts. Joined Karnataka Judicial Service as District Judge on 02.02.1993 and promoted to the cadre of District Judge (Super Time Scale) on 23.06.2000.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 08.09.2003 and as a Permanent Judge on 24/09/2004.
Transferred as an Judge of High Court of Allahabad on 16th February 2015.

Dr. Kothandram Naidu Bhakthavatsala, B.Com., LL.M., Ph.D., was born on December 10, 1952. Did graduation in Law from SJR College, Bangalore, Master Degree in Law from University Law College, Nagpur.
Awarded Ph.D by the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, in the convocation held on 27.8.2006 for his thesis titled “ The Constitutional Developments in India through Judicial Process-A Study ”.
He specialized in Constitutional and Administrative Law. He was enrolled as an Advocate on January 9, 1980. He practiced before the High Court of Karnataka and Subordinate Court in Bangalore in Civil, Criminal, Writ, Labour, Educational, Wakf, Income-Tax matters.
He worked as part-time Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Law in various Colleges at Bangalore. He was recruited to Higher Judicial Service in 1988. Assumed charge on April 18, 1988 and served as District & Sessions Judge.
He was promoted to the cadre of super time scale. Government of Karnataka appointed him as one man Commission to inquire into Lockup death at Brahmapur Police Station and Police firing in Gulbarga on 14/15 January, 1990.
He served as Law Secretary to Government of Karnataka. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on April 18, 2002 and permanent Judge on July 17, 2004.

Born on 02-09-1952. Enrolled as an Advocate on 12-09-1975.
Worked as Principal District and Sessions Judge (Super Time Scale) and Secretary to Government of karnataka, Law Department Bangalore and Principal Secretary to Hon'ble The Chief Justice.
Appointed as an additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 06-01-2006 and permanent judge on 04.01.2008.

Smt. Justice Bangalore Shamachar Indrakala, B.Sc., LL.B., born on 8th April, 1952, was enrolled as an Advocate on 25th February, 1977. She practiced in the District Courts at Mysore from 1977 to June 1982.
From June 1982 till her appointment as District Judge in February 1983. She practiced in City Civil Court at Bangalore, High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore and Labour Courts.
She so practiced in civil, criminal, constitutional and labour matters and specializes in civil and labour matters. She served as District & Session Judge at Tumkur, Principal Judge for the Family Courts in Karnataka at Bangalore, Chief Judge Court of
Small Causes at Bangalore, Principal District & Session Judge at Bangalore Rural District, Bangalore, Principal District & Session Judge at Raichur District and Director Mediation Centre, Principal Judge, City Civil & Session Court at Bangalore.
During the year 1999 she was one of the judicial Officers deputed from India to participate in the Judicial Training Programme in Gender and Law at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK meant for Indian Judicial Officers
under the Indo-British Judicial Sensitization programme conducted by the British Council in Conjunation with National Judicial Academy. Conducted workshops/Colloquia as Resource Person/Trainer for Judges and Lawyers on Gender Laws, Court and Cases Management.
Elevated to the High Court Bench, Karnataka on 24-02-2012 and and permanent Judge on 18-11-2013.

Born on 10-4-1952. Enrolled as an Advocate on 25.2.1977 at Bangalore. Original & Appellate work on the civil side, Bangalore.
Appointed as District Judge on 1.2.1993. Worked as Additional District & Sessions Judge at Kolar & Belgaum. Worked as Prl.District & Sessions Judge at Chitradurga, Bangalore and Mysore.
Worked as first full time Director of Bangalore Mediation Centre. Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 2-6-2008.

Born on 04-04-1952. Enrolled as an Advocate on 28-05-1976 at Bangalore.
Practiced in Civil, Criminal Constitution matters. Worked as District and Sessions judge for 17 years.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 12-03-2010.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice H.N.Nagamohan Das:
Born on 12.02.1952. Enrolled as an Advocate on 30.09.1977. Practised in Trial Courts and in High Court.
Appointed as permanent Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 21.10.2004.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice V. Suri Appa Rao: Born on 01-7-1952 Joined in the judicial service as Munsif Magistrate on 10-4-1981.
Worked as Principal District Judge, Nizamabad and Krishna at Machilipatnam, and Law Secretary for the State Government of Andhra Pradesh. Sworn in as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on 15-11-2010.
Transferred as an Additional Judge of Karnataka High Court and relinquished the charge as an Additional Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh on 20-04-2011.
Sworn as permanent judge on 19.01.2012. Transferred as an Additional Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh on 9 Nov 2013.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice K.Sreedhar Rao: Born on 21-10 1953. Enrolled as an Advocate on 24-02-1976. Practised in courts of Bellary District.
Joined Karnataka Judicial Ser vice as District Judge on 15.04.1988. Promoted to the Cadre of District Judge (Super Time Scale) on 23.11.1995.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 21-02-2000 and permanent Judge on 16-05-2001. Is a member of Board of Governors of the Karnataka Judicial Academy.

Hon’ble Mr.Justice D.V.Shylendra Kumar : Born on 05.09.1951. Enrolled as an advocate on 30.06.1976.
practiced in Madras and Karnataka High Courts. Appointed as an additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 11.12.2000 and permanent Judge on 18.04.2002

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adi Subhash Bashetti : Born on 10 Aug 1951. Enrolled as an Advocate on 10-11-1978 and practised Writ, Civil, Criminal matters.
Appointed as an additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 06-01-2006 and permanent judge on 01.03.2007.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vasudevan Jagannathan : Born on 09.09.1950. Enrolled as an Advocate on 16.07.1982.
Practices in High Court of Karnataka. Appointed as District Judge in February 1993. Was the Director of Karnataka Judicial Academy.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 07.03.2005.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajit J. Gunjal : Born on 15.10.1950. Enrolled as an Advocate on 06.02.1976.
Practiced in the High Court of Karnataka. Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 12.05.2003 and as a Permanent Judge on 24.05.2004.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Govindarajulu: Born on 02-04-1953. Enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1980 at Bellary.
Practiced in civil and criminal cases. Worked as District and Sessions judge for 16 years.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 12-03-2010.

Born on 26.11.1955 as son of Late Justice G.N Sabhahit. Enrolled as an Advocate on 20.07.1979. Practiced in the High Court of Karnataka.
Joined Karnataka Judicial Service as District Judge on 18.04.1988. Promoted to the Cadre of District Judge (Super Time Scale) on 22.11.1995.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 21.02.2000 and permanent Judge on 11.06.2001. is a member of Board of Governors of the Karnataka Judicial Academy.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Arali Nagaraj Amarappa: Born on 01-11-1951. Enrolled as an Advocate in February 1983 and conducted Civil, Criminal, Revenue and other kinds of cases at Raichur, Koppal and Gangavathi.
Appointed as directly recruited District and Sessions Judge during February 1993 and served as such at Belgaum, Mangalore, Bijapur and Bangalore.
Also served as Member Secretary of Karnataka State Legal Services Authority and Director of Karnataka Judicial Academy.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 04-07-2007 and permanent Judge on 03-07-2009.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Rammanna : Born on 04.07.1948.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 07.06.1977. Practiced at courts in Bellary District.
Joined Karnataka Judicial Service as District Judge on 15.04.1988. Promoted to the Cadre of District Judge (Super Time Scale) on 28.11.1995.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 18.04.2002 and as permanent Judge on 18.04.2004.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Rammanna : Born on 04.07.1948. Enrolled as an Advocate on 07.06.1977. Practiced at courts in Bellary District.
Joined Karnataka Judicial Service as District Judge on 15.04.1988. Promoted to the Cadre of District Judge (Super Time Scale) on 28.11.1995.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 18.04.2002 and as permanent Judge on 18.04.2004.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice A. C. Kabbin : Born on 20.12.1945. Enrolled as an Advocate on 28.06.1968.
Practiced in the courts in Belgaum District. Joined Karnataka Judicial Service on 01.02.1973. Promoted as District Judge on 29.12.1992 and District Judge (Super Time Scale) on 24.05.1999.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 08.09.2003 and as a permanent Judge on 24.09.2004.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice N. S. Veerabhadraiah : Born on 29.05.1945. Enrolled as an Advocate on 26.12.1969.
Practiced in the High Court of Karnataka. Joined Karnataka Judicial Service as District Judge on 30.05.1983.
Promoted to the cadre of District Judge (Super Time Scale) on 23.11.1995.
Was the first member-secretary of the Karnataka State Legal Service Authority.
Appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 02.06.1998 and permanent Judge on 12.10.1999.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice R Gururajan : Born on 08.05.1945.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 26.09.1968. Practiced in the High Court of Karnataka, other High Courts and also before Supreme Court of India.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 16.06.1999 and permanent Judge on 17.08.2000.
Was a member of Board of Governors of the Karnataka Judicial Academy.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.Padmaraj : Born on 06.10.1944. Enrolled as an advocate on 26.07.1969 and practiced for 13 years and 10 months.
Joined Karnataka Judicial Service as District Judge on 30.05.1983. promoted to the cadre of District Judge (Super Time Scale) on 02.12.1991.
Appointed as Permanent Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 30.11.1994. served as Acting Chief Justice from 29.11.2005 to 06.01.2006.
Was the president of Karnataka Judicial Academy.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.Vishwanatha Shetty: Born on 02.05.1944. Enrolled as an Advocate on 27.01.1966. Practiced in the High Court of Karnataka. Designated as a Senior Advocate in the year 1993.
Practiced in the Supreme Court of India. He was the Chairman of the Karnataka State Bar Council and a member of Bar Council of India.
Appointed as Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 18.12.1995. he was the first president of Karnataka Judicial Academy.
He was the Chairman of High Court Legal Services Committee and executive Chairman of Karnataka State Legal Services Authority.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.M.Farooq: Born on 17.08.1943. Educated at Bangalore and Kasargod.
Studied law at the Renukacharya LawCollege, Bangalore. Enrolled as an Advocate 25.01.1968.
he was in the chambers of Shri.K.Jagannatha Shetty and Shri.N.Santhosh Hegde.
He was High Court Government Pleader and Ex-Officio Public Prosecutor from June 1975 to June 1986.
Appointed as Additional Government Advocate on 15.12.1992 and State public prosecutor on 12.09.1994.
Appointed as Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 18.12.1995. He was the president of Karnataka Judicial Academy

Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B.Majage: Born on 20.03.1943. Educated at Hyderabad, obtained Law Degree from the Osmania University.
Enrolled as an Advocate in January 1966. Appointed Munsiff in January 1971.
Promoted as a Civil Judge in 1982. Appointed as District Judge in 1991 and served as Registrar (Judicial) High Court of Karnataka.
Appointed Additional Judge of High Court of Karnataka on 18.04.2002 and permanent judge on 18.07.2004.
He was the Vice Chairman of Karnataka Administrative Tribunal.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.V.Srinivasa Reddy : Born on 24.05.1942. Educated at St. Joseph’s College and Government Law College,Bangalore.
Enrolled as an Advocate in 1968. He was in the chambers of Shri.M.R.Janardhana and Sri.V.Krishna Murthy.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 16.06.1999 and Permanent Judge on 21.02.2000.
After retirement, he was appointed Chairman, Karnataka Administrative Tribunal.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Chandrashekaraiah : Born on 20.05.1942.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 11.04.1969 and joined the chamber of Shri.E.S.Venkataramaiah.
He was Government Advocate in the High Court. Appointed as Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 18.12.1995.
He was the First Executive Chairman of International Center for Alternate Dispute Resolution, Regional Center, Bangalore.
He was the Chairman of the State Consumer Redressal Commision.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice R.J.Babu: Born on 05. -1942. After a brilliant academic career, enrolled as an Advocate on 09-02-1968.
Was President of the Karnataka State Commission of Jurists during 1989-1990. Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 25 02-1994 and then transferred as a Judge of the Madras High Court on 18.03.1994.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice H.Rangavittalachar: Born on 12 03-1942. Educated at Vijaya College and Government Law College, Bangalore.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 16-04-1966. Appointed Additional Government Advocate in March 1995 and Government Advocate in January 1996.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 11-06-1997 and permanent Judge on 03-06-1999. Was a Member of Board of Governors of Karnataka Judicial Academy.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.F.Saldanha: Born on 13-02-1942. Enrolled as an Advocate on 10-10-1964 and practised in the High Court of Bombay.
Appointed Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on 30-07-1990 and permanent Judge on 28-07-1992. Transferred as Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 01-07-1994.

Hon'ble Dr.Justice G.C.Bharuka: Born on 15-06 1941. Has a Master's Degree from Calcutta University and Law Degree from Ranchi University.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 24-01-1968 and started practice at Patna High Court. Designated as a Senior Advocate in May 1984.
Elevated as a Judge of the Patna High Court on 27-07-1990. Transferred as Judge of the Karnataka High Court w.e.f. 13-06-1994.
Was Acting Chief Justice from 17-8-2001 to 30-8-2001. Awarded a Doctorate in Law by the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
Is now the Chairman of Commitee on e-Governance, Supreme Court of India.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.P.Chinnappa: Born on 01-06 1941. Enrolled as an Advocate in 1968. Appointed a District Judge in 1983.
Was Registrar (Judicial) and Registrar-General of the High Court of Karnataka. Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 18-12-1995 and permanent Judge on 09.11.1995.
Was a Member of Board of Governors of Karnataka Judicial Academy.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice H.N.Narayan: Born on 18-03 1941. Educated at Mysore and Tumkur. Enrolled as an Advocate on 19-09-1969. Was District Public Prosecutor in Tumkur.
Appointed District & Sessions Judge in May 1983. Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 30-11-1994 and permanent Judge on 09.11.1995.
Presently is the Chairman of Karnataka Pollution Control Appellate Authority.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.K.Sangalad - Born on 14.9.1940. Enrolled as an Advocate on 19.7.1974 and practised in the Courts at Dharwad.
Was Standing Counsel in the District Court, Dharwad. Appointed District and Sessions Judge in 1983. Appointed Judge of the High Court on 18.12.1995.
Retired on 13.9.2002.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice Mohamad Anwar: Born on 8-07 1940. Enrolled as an Advocate in 1968. In 1983 appointed as a District Judge.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 18-12-1995 and permanent Judge on 11.06.1997.
Was a Member of Board of Governors of Karnataka Judicial Academy.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice V.P.Mohan Kumar: Born on 07-06-1940. Enrolled as an Advocate on 05-11-1962 and started practice in the High Court of Kerala.
Appointed Additional Judge, High Court of Kerala on 03-01-1994 and transferred as Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 17-01-1994.
Appointed permanent Judge on 19.10.1994. Transferred back to the Kerala High Court on 01.06.2001. Was also Acting Chief Justice there for some time.
After retirement appointed Chairman, Kerala State Human Rights Commission.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice G.Patri Basavana Goud: Born on 29-04-1940. Educated at Bellary and Government Law College Bangalore. Enrolled as an Advocate in 1962.
Entered Judicial Service as Munsiff-Magistrate on 04-12 1967. Promoted as a Civil Judge on 3-11-1978 and as District Judge on 13-02-1985 and to the Super Time Scale on 22-10-1993.
Worked as Officer on Special Duty in the Law Department, Government of Karnataka and also in the office of the Lokayukta. Was Registrar (Vigilance) in the High Court of Karnataka.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 01-01-1997 and permanent Judge on 14.08.1998. Was a Member of Board of Governors of Karnataka Judicial Academy. Is presently the Upa Lokayukta of Karnataka.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.N.Mallikarjuna: Born on 13 12-1939. Enrolled as an Advocate on 27-09-1962.
Appointed Munsiff on 19-03-1966 and promoted as a District Judge in 1984. Was Additional Secretary, Department of Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Judicial Member of the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal and in 1993 was appointed as Secretary to the Government, Department of Law & Parliamentary Affairs.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 18-12-1995 and permanent Judge on 11.06.1997.. Appointed Chairman, Karnataka Administrative Tribunal in February 2001.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice K.R. Prasad Rao: Born on 31 10-1939. Educated at Andhra Christian College, Guntur and the Andhra University Law College, Waltair.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 18-06-1962 in Hyderabad. Joined as a Munsiff in the Karnataka Judicial Service on 4-12-1967.
Promoted as a Civil Judge in May 1979 and as District Judge in the year 1986. Appointed Additional Judge of High Court of Karnataka on 02-06-1998 and permanent Judge on 02.06.2000.
After retirement appointed Vice Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice T.N.Vallinayagam: Born on 17-05-1939. Studied at the Madras Law College. Enrolled as an Advocate on 07-09-1961.
Was Government Advocate and later Additional Government Pleader in the High Court of Madras. Designated Senior Advocate in September 1995.
Appointed Judge of the Madras High Court on 19-12-1996. Transferred as Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 20-02-1997.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice Harinath Tilhari: Born on 11 05-1939. Educated at Lucknow. Enrolled as an Advocate on 30-12-1961.
Was Standing Counsel for the Government of Uttar Pradesh and Senior Standing Counsel for the Government of India.
Appointed Judge of the Allahabad High Court from 04-02-1992 and transferred as Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 11-05-1994.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.S.Srinivasa Rao: Born on 10 02-1939. Educated at Law Degree from the Government Law College, Bangalore.
Enrolled as an Advocate in 1958. Appointed Munsiff on 19-03-1966. Promoted as a Civil Judge in September 1977 and promoted as District & Sessions Judge in December 1984 and to the Super Time Scale on 23-10-1993.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 01-01-1997 and permanent Judge on 14.08.1998. After retirement was Chairman State Consumer Redressal Commission, Goa Bench.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice C.Shivappa: Born on 11-12-1938. Enrolled as an Advocate on 30-10-1963 and started practice in the chambers of Shri B.Venkataswamy.
Was Government Pleader for the State Government and Senior Standing Counsel for the Central Government in the High Court of Karnataka.
Was appointed twice as Advocate General of Karnataka. Designated as Senior Advocate in March 1990.
Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 05-08-1991 and transferred as Judge of the Madras High Court on 28.04.1994.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.R.Venkatesha Murthy: Born on 27-09-1938. Studied at St.Joseph's College, Bangalore and Sharada Vilas Law College, Mysore.
Secured Master's Degree in Law. Joined the Judicial Service as a Munsiff and was promoted as a District Judge in 1985. Was the first Registrar of the newly constituted City Civil Court, Bangalore, as also the first Registrar of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal.
Also worked as the Additional Registrar of the High Court of Karnataka. Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 01-01-1997 and permanent Judge on 14.08.1998.
Was one of the Governer of Karnataka Judicial Academy. Was Vice Chairman of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice V.K. Singhal: Born on 14-03-1938. Qualified both as a Lawyer and a Chartered Accountant. Started practice of law in 1967.
Appointed Additional Judge of Rajasthan High Court on 21-10-1991 and permanent Judge on 11-08-1992. Transferred as a Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 15-12-1997.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.S.Raikote: Born on 07-10 1937. Graduated in Law from Osmania University and secured Master's Degree in Law from the Karnataka University securing first rank in 1965. Enrolled as an Advocate in 1965 and started practice at Raichur.
Shifted to Bangalore in 1968. Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 25-02-1994. Then transferred as a Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on 21.03.1994.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice T.J.Chouta: Born on 07.08.1937. Graduated in Law from Government Law College, Bangalore. Enrolled as an Advocate on 24-06-1964.
Practised largely on the criminal side. Appointed State Public Prosecutor in December 1993. Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 25-02-1994 and then transferred as a Judge of the Madras High Court on 18.03.1994.
After retirement was Chairman, State Consumer Redressal Commission at Bangalore.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice A.J.Sadashiva: Born on 07-03 1937. Enrolled as an Advocate in 1964 and joined the chambers of Shri Ethirajulu Naidu.
Appointed Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 22-02-1993. Served as the first Executive Chairman, Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, while he was a Judge and even after retirement on 06.03.1999.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice C.N.Ashwathnarayana Rao: Born on 26-11-1936. Educated at Maharaja's College, Mysore and Government Law College, Bangalore.
Enrolled as an Advocate and started practice in 1957. Appointed Munsiff in July 1965. Promoted as a Civil Judge in 1977, as District Judge in 1983 and to the Super Time Scale on 09-11-1990.
Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 30-11-1994.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.B.Vishwanath: Born on 31 10-1936. Enrolled as an Advocate in January 1961.
Joined the Judicial Service and was promoted as a District Judge on 29-12-1981. Appointed Additional Registrar of High Court of Karnataka on 02-06-1982.
Later also served as Presiding Officer of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Bangalore and as Chief Judge, Court of Small Causes, Bangalore.
Appointed Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 30-11-1994. After retirement was Chairman of the Debt Recoveries Appellate Tribunal, Chennai.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice L.Sreenivasa Reddy: Born on 20 05-1936. Enrolled as an Advocate on 29-03-1962.
Was High Court Government Pleader and Additional Government Advocate. In 1988 appointed Special Public Prosecutor to conduct certain important criminal cases of CBI.
On 28-12-1990 appointed as State Public Prosecutor. Appointed Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 09-12-1991.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.K.Somasekhar: Born on 27 01-1936. Enrolled as an Advocate on 30-05-1959. Joined judicial service as Munsiff - Magistrate on 06 07-1964.
Promoted as a District Judge in the year 1980 and to the Super Time Scale in 1990. Was Director of Training for training the newly recruited Munsiffs.
Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 25 02-1994 and then transferred as Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on 21.03.1994.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice K.S.Bakthavatsalam: Born on 22 10-1935. Enrolled as an Advocate on 28-07-1960.
Was Additional Government Pleader and Government Pleader in the Madras High Court. Appointed Judge of the Madras High Court on 14-08-1988 and transferred as Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 11-05-1994.
Served in the Karnataka High Court up to 12-12-1996. Thereafter was Vice-Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice G.P.Shivaprakash: Born on 31-08-1935, son of Late Chief Justice G.Paramashivaiah.
Enrolled and started practice in 1958 and joined the chamber of Shri G. Dayanand, then State Public Prosecutor.
Appointed Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 29-03-1990. Was appointed as Upa Lokayukta in March, 1997.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice P.Krishnamurthy: Born on 28-06 1935. Enrolled as an Advocate on 31-08-1960 in the Kerala High Court.
Joined the chambers of Shri T.S. Krishnamoorthy Iyer. Became Senior Government Pleader in 1983. Appointed Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court on 02-01-1989 and permanent Judge on 22-03-1990.
Transferred as Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 28-04-1994. After retirement, is actively practising as a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice R.G.Vaidhyanatha: Born on 09 07-1935. Appointed a Munsiff in 1964. Promoted as a Civil Judge in 1975 and as District & Sessions Judge in 1981.
Promoted to the Super Time Scale in 1990. Appointed Registrar-General of the High Court of Karnataka in 1992.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 25-02-1994 and then transferred as Judge of the Bombay High Court on 17 03-1994.
Appointed permanent Judge on 3-02 1995.Thereafter was Vice Chairman, Central Adminis trative Tribunal, Bombay Bench.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.Venkataraman: Born on 10-05 1935. Educated at Central College and Government Law College, Bangalore. Enrolled as an Advocate on 05-10 1955.
Appointed a Munsiff in July 1964. Promoted as a Civil Judge in April 1974 and as District & Sessions Judge in November 1980.
In May 1990, posted as Principal City Civil Judge, Bangalore. Was Registrar, High Court of Karnataka from 25-10-1990.
Became the first Registrar General of the High Court of Karnataka when the post was upgraded in November 1991.
Appointed Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 22-02-1993. After retirement was Vice Chairman Central Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore Bench.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice R.Ramakrishna: Born 6-10-1934. Enrolled as an Advocate in 1969.
Appointed District & Sessions Judge in 1979. Elevated as a Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 29-03-1990.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice J. Eswara Prasad: Born in August 1934. Obtained Law Degree from the Osmania University.
Appointed Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on 16.03.1990. Transferred as Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 28.04.1994.
After retirement was Chairman, Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Properties.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.B.Murgod - Born on 09.06.1934. Enrolled as an Advocate on 17.09.1962. Appointed Munsiff on 07.07.1964.
Promoted as District Judge on 19.05.1980. Worked as Additional Registrar and Registrar, High Court of Karnataka.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 25.10.1990 and permanent Judge on 05.08.1991.
Was the Member Secretary of the First National Judicial Pay Commission headed by Mr. Justice K. Jagannatha Shetty.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.B. Navadgi - Born on 12.07.1933. Joined on legal profession on 01.11.1956. Worked as Assistant Government Pleader for two years and Assistant Public Prosecutor at Bijapur from 1964 to 1971.
Appointed District and Sessions Judge in 1973. Appointed Judge of the High Court on 06.03.1987. Retired on 11.07.1995.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice R.V.Vasantha Kumar: Born on 01-05-1933. Educated at Central College and Government Law College, Bangalore.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 07-09-1955 and joined the chambers of Shri V.Krishna Murthy. Appointed a Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 09-12-1991.
After retirement was Vice Chairman/Chairman of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.M.Mirdhe: Born on 25-04 1934. Enrolled as an Advocate in 1955 and started practice at Bijapur. Served as Public Prosecutor between 1974 and 1978.
Appointed District & Sessions Judge on 8-02-1979. Worked as Additional Registrar, High Court of Karnataka for a brief period.
Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 29-03-1990.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice K.Shivashankar Bhat: Born on 12-03-1933. Obtained Law Degree from the Madras University having studied in the Madras Law College and enrolled as an Advocate on 06-08-1958.
Joined the chambers of his elder brother Shri G.K. Govinda Bhat. Was Senior Standing Counsel for the Union of India in the Karnataka High Court.
Designated Senior Advocate in 1987. Appointed Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 06-03-1987. Transferred as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi in January 1994.
Thereafter was the Chairman of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice N.D.V.Bhat: Born on 29-12-1932. Obtained Masters Degree and Law Degree from the Karnataka University securing the first place and Gold Medal in the Law examination.
Enrolled as an Advocate in 1961 and joined the chambers of Shri G.N. Sabhahit at Karwar. Appointed District & Sessions Judge in November 1977.
Was Additional Secretary and Special Secretary, Department of Law, from 1982 to 1984 and Secretary to Government, Department of Law & Parliamentary Affairs from 1987 to March 1990.
Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 29-03-1990. After retirement was the Chairman of the State Consumer Redressal Commission.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.Jagannatha Hegde - Born on 31.10.1932. Enrolled as an Advocate on 22.8.1957. Joined service as Munsiff on 4.7.1964.
Promoted as a Civil Judge on 1.4.1974. Promoted as District and Sessions Judge on 30.4.1980.
Worked as Deputy Secretary in the Law Department and as Commissioner of Enquiries in the State Vigilance Commission and as Additional Registrar, Lokayukta.
Was Registrar of the High Court from 25.5.1987. Appointed Judge of the High Court on 29.3.1990. Retired on 30.10.1994.
Was later the Chairman of the State Consumer Redressal Commission.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.N.Krishnan: Born on 2-05 1932. Educated at Central College and Government Law College, Bangalore.
Enrolled as an Advocate in 1953. Appointed as Munsiff-Magistrate on 1-08-1960. Promoted as Civil Judge in 1971 and as District & Sessions Judge in 1977.
Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 29-03-1990.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice D.P.Hiremath: Born on 19-3-1932. Obtained Law Degree from R.L. Law College, Belgaum.
Enrolled as an Advocate in 1954. Appointed Munsiff in August 1961 and promoted as a Civil Judge in May, 1971.
Became Chief Judicial Magistrate in 1974 and promoted as District & Sessions Judge in 1975. Appointed Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 20-07-1987.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice Kedambady Jagannatha Shetty: Born on 02-05-1931. Enrolled as an Advocate on 29 05-1962.
Joined the chambers of Shri B.V.Deshpande. Appointed Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 01-06-1990 and permanent Judge on 05.08.1991.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice P.K.Shyamsundar - Born on 21.3.1931. Enrolled as an Advocate in 1955. Worked on the panel of High Court Special Government Pleaders.
Was Additional District Government Pleader from 1967 to 1969 and High Court Government Pleader from 1969 to 1972. Appointed District and Sessions Judge on 16.3.1973.
Appointed Judge of the High Court on 6.3.1987. Appointed Vice Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore Bench in January 1993 and then the Chairman Central Administrative Tribunal.
Later was the Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice D.R.Vittal Rao: Born on 12-01-1930. Enrolled as an Advocate in 1953 and started practice at Raichur.
Appointed Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 30.04.1979 and permanent Judge on 13-11-1980.
After retirement was the Chairman of the State Consumer Redressal Commission.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice Muralidher Rao - Born on 8.12.1929. Educated at Nizam College and Law College, Hyderabad. Enrolled as an Advocate on 26.10.1956 at Hyderabad.
Practised on the civil side at Bangalore. Was Government Advocate in the High Court during 1965 1967. Appointed Judge of the High Court on 25.5.1984.
Retired on 7.12.1991.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice K.Ramachandraiah - Born on 3.11.1929. Joined Judicial Service as Munsiff on 27.8.1962.
Promoted as a District Judge with effect from 2.2.1977. Appointed Judge of the High Court on 18.4.1988. Retired on 2.11.1991.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.R.Rajashekara Murthy: Born on 10-10-1929. Educated at Mysore and ngalore. Enrolled as an Advocate in October 1955.
Was in the chambers of Shri D.M.Chandrashekar. Was Government Pleader in the High Court and Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department.
Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 10.01.1983.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.P.Chandrakantraj Urs - Born on 5.6.1929. Educated at Government Law College, Bangalore.
Enrolled as an Advocate in the Mysore High Court on 10.8.1965. Was Government Advocate in the High Court.
Was an active member of the International Commission of Jurists and participated in several of its conferences.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court on 8.9.1978 and permanent Judge on 4.12.1978.
After retirement on 5.6.1991 was the Chairman of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice H.G.Balakrishna - Born on 18.5.1929. Educated at Government Law College, Bangalore. Enrolled as an Advocate on 25.8.1952.
Was in the chambers of Shri E.S. Venkatramaiah. Built up extensive practice. Was Professor of Law from 1969 1984. Appointed Judge of the High Court on 13.8.1987.
Retired on 17.5.1991.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.G.DoddaKale Gowda - Born on 28.12.1928. Enrolled as an Advocate on 22.9.1955. Was in the chambers of Sri.E.S.Venkataramiah.
Was Government Advocate in the High Court. Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court on 11.9.1981 and permanent Judge on 20.8.1982. Retired on 27.12.1990.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice A.K.Laxmeshwar Born on 29.11.1928. Enrolled as an Advocate and practised in various Courts. Was Government Pleader in the High Court.
Appointed Additional Judge on 11.9.1981 and permanent Judge on 20.8.1982. Retired on 28.11.1990.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.Nagappa - Born on 16.12.1927. Enrolled as an Advocate on 7.9.1955 and practised in various Courts in Bangalore.
Appointed Government Pleader in 1971 and State Public Prosecutor in 1975. Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court on 1.1.1979 and permanent Judge on 13.11.1980.
Passed away in harness on 9.11.1982.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice P.P.Bopanna: Born on 23-04-1927. Educated at Madras Christian College and Law College, Madras.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 24-11-1952 and started practice in the Madras High Court. Later shifted to Bangalore and enrolled on 05.02.1953.
Appointed Judge of Karnataka High Court on 28-11-1977. Was the President of the Karnataka State Commission of Jurists and is now its President-Emeritus.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice R.G.Desai: Born on 1-01-1927. Directly recruited as District Judge in 1965.
Was Legal Remembrancer and Secretary to Government, Law and Parliamentary Affairs.
Appointed Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 01-01-1979 and permanent Judge from 13-11-1980.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.S.Patil: Born on 26-11-1926. Directly recruited as a District & Sessions Judge in 1965.
Appointed Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 06-09-1978 and permanent Judge on 30-04 1979.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice P.A.Kulkarni: Born on 05-04 1926. Joined Judicial Service as Civil Judge (Jr.Dvn.) on 27-11-1951 (in the then State of Bombay).
Promoted as Civil Judge on 12-01-1967 and as District Judge on 02-08-1970. Was the first Principal City Civil Judge appointed on 17-11-1980 when the Bangalore City Civil Court was constituted.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 19-06-1981 and permanent Judge on 3-09-1981.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice N.D.Venkatesh: Born on 14-02-1926. Enrolled as an Advocate on 01-10-1951. Appointed as District Judge and also served as the Law Secretary.
Appointed Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court w.e.f. 28-11-1977 and permanent Judge on 04-12-1978.
Appointed the first Chairman of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal on its constitution on 06-10-1986.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice K.S.Puttaswamy: Born on 08-02-1926. Educated at Maharaja's College, Mysore and Government Law College, Bangalore.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 07-01-1952. Was Additional Government Advocate in the High Court. Appointed Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 28-11-1977.
Appointed the first Vice-Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore Bench, on 01-09-1986.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.S.Nesargi-Born on 2.12.1925. Educated at Karnataka College, Dharwad and R.L.Law College, Belgaum.
Enrolled as a Pleader in the Bombay High Court on 6.11.1947 and as an Advocate of the Mysore High Court on 25.10.1956.
Appointed as District Judge on 4.1.1962. Appointed as Additional Judge of the Mysore High Court on 4.11.1970 and permanent Judge on 24.4.1973. Retired on 1.12.1987.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice R.S.Mahendra: Born on 13-08-1924. Obtained Law Degree from Bombay University and enrolled as an Advocate in 1947.
Was Government Pleader in the High Court and the Standing Counsel for the Railways.
Appointed Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 4-12-1978 and permanent Judge on 23-07-1980.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice G.N.Sabhahit - Born on 19.6.1924. Educated at Willingdon College, Sangli and Law College, Poona and Law College, Belgaum.
Enrolled as an Advocate in 1950. Appointed District and Sessions Judge on 13.12.1965. Elevated as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 28.11.1977.
Appointed permanent Judge on 4.12.1978. Passed away in harness on 14.11.1984. Has authored several books on several legal subjects.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice N.R.Kudoor - Born on 18.12.1923. Educated at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore and Law College, Madras.
Enrolled as an Advocate in the Madras High Court on 3.9.1951. Shifted to the Mysore High Court in July 1957. Joined the judicial service as District and Sessions Judge on 9.8.1963.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 28.11.1977 and permanent Judge on 8.9.1978. Retired on 17.12.1985.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.K.Srinivasa Iyengar- Born on 19.5.1919. Educated at Central College, Bangalore. Obtained Law Degree from the Bombay University.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 30.10.1941 and joined the chambers of Sri.A.R.Somanath Iyer. Was Government Pleader during 1962-1963.
Appointed District and Sessions Judge on 10-5-1963. Was Additional Law Secretary to Government during 1965-1967. Appointed Judicial Member of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal on 20.6.1969.
Elevated as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 1.8.1973 and appointed permanent Judge on 7.8.1974. Retired on 18.5.1981.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.A.Peeran - Hailing from an illustrious family, educated at the Law College, Madras and took his Law Degree in 1942.
Apprenticed under the late P.Rajaratnam, a celebrated criminal lawyer. Appointed District Judge in 1962 and a Judge of the High Court on 27.7.1970.
Unfortunately, he passed away within a few weeks on 3.9.1970.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.R.Rangegowda: Born on 06-05-1918. Educated at Maharaja's College, Mysore and Law College, Pune.
Enrolled as an Advocate in 1946 and started practice. Practised in Bangalore and Mysore. Appointed as District & Sessions Judge on 4-01-1962.
Elevated as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court (then Mysore High Court) on 01-06-1970. Appointed permanent Judge on 27.07.1970.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice D.B.Lal- Born on 3.4.1917. - Educated at Kanpur, Allahabad and Agra. Entered the U.P.Judicial Service on 12.7.1944 as Munsiff and rose in the judicial hierarchy becoming a District Judge in April 1967.
Was also Judicial Secretary-cum-Legal Remembrancer, Himachal Pradesh Government. Appointed Judge of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh on 11.3.1971.
Transferred as a Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 6.7.1976. Transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court in January 1978 and to the Himachal Pradesh High Court in October 1978.
Retired on 2.4.1979.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.Venkataswamy - Born on 14.6.1915. Educated at Central College, Bangalore; Law College, Bangalore and Law College, Poona.
Enrolled as an Advocate on 31.8.1944. Was Government Pleader. Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court on 25.1.1967 and permanent Judge on 24.11.1967.
Retired on 13.6.1977.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice D.Noronha - Born on 8.2.1915. Educated at Mangalore and Madras. Enrolled as an Advocate of the Madras High Court in November 1938.
Appointed District Munsiff on 20.11.1942. Promoted as District Judge on 17.2.1959.
Worked as Deputy Director of State Vigilance Commission. On reorganization of States, came to the new Mysore State.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court on 22.12.1969 and permanent Judge on 5.3.1970. Retired on 7.2.1977.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.Santosh - Born on 10.12.1911. Educated at Mangalore, Madras Christian College and Presidency College,Madras.
Obtained Law Degree from the Madras University. Enrolled as an Advocate in the Madras High Court on 15.8.1935.
Started practice at Madras and Bangalore. Was Chief Assistant Crown Prosecutor, Madras High Court and Government Pleader, Mysore High Court.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the Mysore High Court on 3.7.1964 and permanent Judge on 19.7.1965.Retired on 9.12.1973.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.Ahmed Ali Khan - Born on 27.2.1911. Educated at Elphinstone College, Bombay, Muslim University Aligarh,University College, London.
Enrolled as a Barrister at King's Bench Division, London on 10-6-1932. Practised as a Barrister at London for three years.
Joined the Judicial Service in Hyderabad State in 1936 and rose in the hierarchy holding the positions of Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad and Chief Judge, Small Causes Court, Hyderabad.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the Mysore High Court on 14.3.1958 and permanent Judge on 13.10.1961. Retired on 26.2.1973.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice K.R.Gopivallabha Iyengar - Born on 24.12.1908. Educated at Central College, Bangalore and Law College, Madras.
Enrolled as an Advocate in the Mysore High Court on 10.1.1933. Started ractice in the chambersof Shri Somanath Iyer and built up an extensive practice.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court on 20.9.1963 and permanent Judge on 3.7.1964.Retired on 23.12.1970.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice B.M.Kalagate - Born on 27.5.1908. Educated at Belgaum and Kolhapur and Government Law College, Bombay.
Enrolled as an Advocate in 1936. Practised in the Bombay High Court and then shifted to Bangalore in November 1956.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court on 14.9.1959 and permanent Judge on 9.4.1962. Retired on 26.5.1970.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice T.K.Tukol - Born on 5.5.1908. Educated at Fergusson College and Law College, Poona.
Enrolled as a Pleader in Bijapur in February 1932 and practised there for some time. Joined service as a Subordinate Judge and Magistrate in the former Bombay State on 14.1.1938 and rose in the judicial hierarchy.
After re-organization of States appointed Additional Law Secretary to the Mysore Government in 1957 and Secretary in the Law Department in June 1961.
Appointed Additional Judge of the High Court on 9.4.1962 and permanent Judge on 20.9.1963. Was later the Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice Mir Iqbal Hussain - Born on 8.6.1903. Educated at Maharajas College, Mysore and Law College, Madras.
Started practice in the chambers of Sri. L.A.Govindraja Iyengar. In 1927 entered the chambers of Sri.G.Parmasivaiah.
In 1932 appointed Diwan of Banganapalli State. Came back to the profession after four years and appointed as Public Prosecutor and Government Pleader.
Was part time Professor of Law in Government Law College, Bangalore. Was also the President of the Bangalore Bar Association. Appointed Judge of the High Court on 1.8.1958. Retired on 7.6.1963.

Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.S.Malimath. Born on 24.3.1899. Obtained Law Degree from the Bombay University and started practice at Dharwad in 1925.
Appointed as District and Sessions Judge in 1951 in the then Bombay State which office he held with distinction for five years.
After his retirement was appointed Chairman of the Bombay Cooperative Appellate Tribunal in 1955.
On re-organization, appointed Chairman of the Board of Revenue, Mysore. Appointed as Judge of the High Court on 11.7.1957. Retired on 23.3.1959.
After retirement appointed as the first Chairman of the Official languages commission. Was a member of the four-Man border dispute committee. Was the Chairman of the Committee of Border Dispute between 1996-1972.

Hon'ble Mr Justice K. N. Padmanabhiah: After some years of practice at the Bar, joined the judicial service and was a District Judge.
Appointed a Judge of the erstwhile Mysore High Court on 15-12-1954. Retired on 1-11-1956 and was re-appointed on 21-11-1956. Retired from service on 23-3-1957.
Passed away on 26-8-1984.