Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha | |
Office: | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
Termstart: | 31 August 2021 |
Appointer: | Ram Nath Kovind |
Nominator: | N. V. Ramana |
Office1: | Additional Solicitor General of India |
Termstart1: | May 2014 |
Termend1: | 15 December 2018 |
Appointer1: | Pranab Mukherjee |
Birth Date: | 3 May 1963 |
Birth Place: | Hyderabad |
Alma Mater: | University of Delhi |
Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha (born 3 May 1963) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former Additional Solicitor General of India.[1] He is well known for his work on the Ayodhya Title Dispute and the BCCI cases.[2] [3]
Narasimha was brought up in Hyderabad. He graduated from Nizam College, Hyderabad.[4] After receiving a Bachelor of Laws in 1988 he started practice in Andhra Pradesh High Court. His father Kodanda Ramayya was also a judge and legal writer. Narasimha then moved to New Delhi to practice at the Supreme Court.[5] He was designated as Senior Advocate and was appointed as Addl. Solicitor General of India in 2014.[6] In August 2021 he became a judge of Supreme Court. He is in line to become the 56th Chief Justice of India, if the convention of seniority is followed.[7]