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K. Vinod Chandran

Krishnan Vinod Chandran is a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.[1][2][3][4] He has served as the 44th Chief Justice of the Patna High Court. He is also a former Judge of Kerala High Court.

Career

After graduating from the Union Christian College, Aluva, Vinod Chandran was employed at the State Bank of Travancore in Kochi.[5] During his stint at the bank, he enrolled as a law student at the Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, and started his practice at Paravoor in the year 1991 and later extended to the High Court of Kerala. During his practice he served as Special Government Pleader (Taxes) of the Government of Kerala from 2007 to 2011.

Vinod Chandran was elevated as an Additional Judge of the 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. He also served as the chancellor of the Chanakya National Law University ex officio in such capacity. On 1 August 2023, Patna High Court's division bench, comprising Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice Partha Sarathy, gave judgement that holding a caste survey in Bihar is valid and legal.[6] The division bench passed the order in its 101-page verdict [7][8][9] while dismissing all petitions challenging the survey.[10][11]

On 16 January 2025, he took oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.

References

  1. ^ "Official". hckerala.gov.in. Retrieved 12 Nov 2021 – via Official website High Court of Kerala.
  2. ^ a b "Four advocates appointed HC Judges". newindianexpress.com. 6 Nov 2011. Retrieved 12 Nov 2021 – via New Indian Express News.
  3. ^ 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. ^ "4 Additional Judges Appointed to the Kerala High Court". babushahi.com. 8 Nov 2011. Retrieved 12 Nov 2021 – via Babushahi News.
  5. ^ "Justice K Vinod Chandran takes oath as Supreme Court judge, to have a tenure of over 3 years". The Indian Express. 16 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Patna high court holds caste survey in Bihar as valid and legal, dismisses all petitions challenging survey".
  7. ^ "Why the Patna High Court upheld Bihar's caste survey".
  8. ^ "IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA" (PDF).
  9. ^ "High Court's Green Signal To Bihar Caste Survey Challenged In Supreme Court".
  10. ^ "HC upholds Bihar caste survey".
  11. ^ "Patna HC upholds Bihar caste-based survey: Why it was challenged, what the court said".