Jasti Chelameswar | |
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![]() Jasti Chelameswar (April 2014) | |
Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
In office 10 October 2011[1] – 22 June 2018 | |
Nominated by | S. H. Kapadia |
Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court | |
In office 17 March 2010 – 9 October 2011 | |
Nominated by | K. G. Balakrishnan |
Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
Preceded by | S. R. Bannurmath |
Succeeded by | Manjula Chellur |
Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court | |
In office 2 May 2007 – 17 March 2010 | |
Nominated by | K. G. Balakrishnan |
Appointed by | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court | |
In office 23 June 1997 – 2 May 2007 | |
Nominated by | J. S. Verma |
Appointed by | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
Personal details | |
Born | Movva mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India | 23 June 1953
Alma mater | Andhra University, Loyola College, Chennai |
Jasti Chelameswar (born 23 June 1953) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He retired on 22 June 2018 as the second most senior supreme court judge.[2] He previously served as the chief justice of the Kerala High Court from 2010 to 2011 and the Gauhati High Court from 2007 to 2010.[3] He was also one of the four judges who held a controversial press conference against Chief Justice Dipak Misra.[4]