Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar
Supreme Court Judge Justice Mohan M Shantanagouda passes away
Gurugram/IBNS: Supreme Court judge Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar died at a private hospital in Gurgaon, according to media reports on Sunday. He was 62.
Justice M Shantanagoudar was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram with lung infection and was undergoing treatment at the ICU.
He had been in a stable condition till late Saturday night but doctors attending him informed about his demise at around 12.30 am, said media reports
Media reports could not confirm whether he died due to Covid-19.
Justice M Shantanagoudar initially practiced at the Karnataka High Court as an advocate and was appointed as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court on May 12, 2003, and went on to become a permanent judge in the court in September 2004.
Later, he was transferred to the Kerala High Court, where he became the Acting Chief Acting Chief Justice on August 1, 2016.
He became the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court in on September 22, 2016.
He was elevated as judge of the Supreme Court on February 17, 2017.
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