Hon'ble Chief Justice Krishnan Vinod Chandran | |
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Chief Justice of Patna High Court | |
Assumed office 27 March 2023 | |
Nominated by | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud |
Appointed by | Droupadi Murmu |
Preceded by | Sanjay Karol |
Judge of Kerala High Court | |
In office 8 November 2011 – 26 March 2023 | |
Nominated by | S. H. Kapadia |
Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
Personal details | |
Born | India | 25 April 1963
Alma mater | Kerala Law Academy |
Website | High Court of Kerala |
Krishnan Vinod Chandran is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is Chief Justice of Patna High Court.[1][2][3][4] He is former Judge of [High Court]].
Career
[edit]Justice Vinod graduated in law from Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram and started his practice at Paravoor in the year 1991 and later extended to High Court of Kerala. During his practice he served as Special Government Pleader (Taxes) of the Government of Kerala from 2007 to 2011. He was elevated as an Additional Judge of Kerala High Court on 8 November 2011 and was made permanent on 24 June 2013.[2][3] He was appointed as Chief Justice of Patna High Court on 29 March 2023. On 1 August 2023, Patna High Court's division bench comprising Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice Partha Sarathy gave judgement that holding caste survey in Bihar is valid and legal.[5] The division bench passed the order in its 101-page verdict,[6][7][8] while dismissing all petitions challenging survey.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Official". hckerala.gov.in. Retrieved 12 Nov 2021 – via Official website High Court of Kerala.
- ^ a b "Four advocates appointed HC Judges". newindianexpress.com. 6 Nov 2011. Retrieved 12 Nov 2021 – via New Indian Express News.
- ^ a b "Four Additional Judges appointed to Kerala High Court". thehindubusinessline.com. 8 Nov 2011. Retrieved 12 Nov 2021 – via The Hindu Business Line News.
- ^ "4 Additional Judges Appointed to the Kerala High Court". babushahi.com. 8 Nov 2011. Retrieved 12 Nov 2021 – via Babushahi News.
- ^ "Patna high court holds caste survey in Bihar as valid and legal, dismisses all petitions challenging survey".
- ^ "Why the Patna High Court upheld Bihar's caste survey".
- ^ "IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA" (PDF).
- ^ "High Court's Green Signal To Bihar Caste Survey Challenged In Supreme Court".
- ^ "HC upholds Bihar caste survey".
- ^ "Patna HC upholds Bihar caste-based survey: Why it was challenged, what the court said".