Term Start: | 1 May 1987 |
Term End: | 14 December 1991 |
Appointer: | Giani Zail Singh |
Office1: | Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court |
Termstart1: | 1 October 1986 |
Termend1: | 1 May 1987 |
Office2: | Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka |
Termstart2: | 24 October 1985 |
Termend2: | 27 August 1986 |
Office3: | Judge, High Court of Karnataka |
Termstart3: | 25 June 1970 |
Termend3: | 24 October 1985 |
Birth Date: | 15 December 1926 |
Birth Place: | Ambalpadi, Madras Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Bangalore, India |
Alma Mater: | Osmania University |
Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty (15 December 1926 – 7 April 2015)[1] was a former judge of Supreme Court of India[2] and retired Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court who also served as acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court. He was also the first Chairman of the National Pay Commission.
Born in a family of Ambalpadi-Udupi, Karnataka, India, Shetty graduated from the St. Aloysius College (Mangalore) in 1951 and later studied law in Osmania University in Hyderabad, India. He also obtained a master's degree in law while practicing as an advocate in the period between 1954 and 1956. He has had an extensive practice in all branches of law and in particular, Civil, Service and Constitutional matters.