Jasti Chelameswar

Jasti Chelameswar
Jasti Chelameswar (April 2014)
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office
10 October 2011  22 June 2018
Nominated byS. H. Kapadia
Appointed byPratibha Patil
Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
In office
17 March 2010  9 October 2011
Nominated byK. G. Balakrishnan
Appointed byPratibha Patil
Preceded byS. R. Bannurmath
Succeeded byManjula Chellur
Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court
In office
2 May 2007  17 March 2010
Nominated byK. G. Balakrishnan
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court
In office
23 June 1997  2 May 2007
Nominated byJ. S. Verma
Appointed byRamaswamy Venkataraman
Personal details
Born (1953-06-23) 23 June 1953
Movva mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma materAndhra 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.