Jasti Chelameswar
Jasti Chelameswar | |
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Jasti Chelameswar (April 2014) | |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 10 October 2011 – 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 | 23 June 1953 Movva mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| 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. 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. He was also one of the four judges who held a controversial press conference against Chief Justice Dipak Misra.