N. V. Ramana

Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana (born 27 August 1957) is a Judge in Supreme Court of India.[1] Previously,he was the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court[2] and the acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.[3] He has also served as the president of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy.[2] He is due to retire on 26 August 2022. With a tenure of 8 years in Supreme Court of India, he is in line to be Chief Justice of India (with effect from 24 April 2021) after superannuation of Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde.

Hon'ble Justice

N. V. Ramana
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Assumed office
17 February 2014
Nominated byP. Sathasivam
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
In office
2 September 2013 – 16 February 2014
Nominated byP. Sathasivam
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court
In office
27 June 2000 – 1 September 2013
Nominated byAdarsh Sein Anand
Appointed byKocheril Raman Narayanan
Personal details
Born
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana

(1957-08-27) 27 August 1957
Ponnavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

Life

He was born in an agricultural family on 27 August 1957 in Ponnavaram village in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh.[4]

Career

He enrolled as an advocate on February 10, 1983. He has practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Central and Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals and the Supreme Court of India in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Labour, Service and Election matters. He has specialized in Constitutional, Criminal, Service and Inter-State River laws. He has also functioned as Panel Counsel for various Government Organizations. He has functioned as Additional Standing Counsel for Central Government and Standing Counsel for Railways in the Central Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad. He has also functioned as Additional Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh.[5] He has been credited for authoring path-breaking judgments in tax, constitution, arbitration, and criminal law.

Allegations of corruption and ongoing litigation

In October 2020, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy wrote to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that Ramana and his relatives had engaged in corruption in relation to the acquisition of land in Amravati, and was attempting to destabilize his government in by allegedly influencing hearings and decisions in the Andhra Pradesh High Court. He asked the Chief Justice to investigate the matter and take appropriate action.[6][7][8][9] The letter was widely reported and provoked both, support for an investigation as well as opposition from judges and lawyers' bodies.[10][11] The Delhi High Court Bar Association condemned the letter, and the All India Lawyers' Union called for an inquiry, with penalties to be imposed on Reddy if the allegations were found to be untrue.[12][13] Following the release of the letter, Ramana spoke at an event to release a book by former Supreme Court judge R. Banumathi, stating that judges had become "soft targets for criticism" and "victims of juicy gossip and slanderous social media posts."[14]

The Andhra Pradesh High Court had, in September 2020, gagged the media from reporting on the registration of a case of corruption concerning land deals in Amravati against several persons, including Ramana's daughters. The gag order was later lifted by the Supreme Court, after hearing the advocates on merits however Supreme Court continued the stay on investigation in November 2020.[15][16][17]

In November 2020, the Attorney General of India, K.K. Venugopal refused to grant permission for proceedings of contempt of court against Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy after he was requested to do so by BJP leader Aswini Kumar Upadhyay.[18] He noted that the comments were "contumacious" and that the timing of his letter was "suspect" as the Andhra Pradesh High Court was currently hearing a number of cases concerning allegations of corruption against Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's government; however, he stated that he would not be allowing a contempt case to proceed against Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Supreme Court for his statements about Ramana.[19][20] The Attorney General also declined a second request to initiate contempt proceedings, stating that the Court was free to initiate proceedings by itself.[21]

In November 2020, three petitions were filed at the Supreme Court of India against Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for the allegations made in his letter, calling for his removal as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Supreme Court Judge U.U. Lalit recused himself from hearing these petitions, and they are currently pending.[22][23]

References
  1. "Rajesh Agrawal and N V Ramana appointed as Supreme Court Judges". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. Special Correspondent (3 September 2013). "Justice Ramana sworn in Delhi High Court CJ". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  3. J. Venkatesan (19 August 2013). "Agrawal, Ramana to be Chief Justices of Madras, Delhi HCs". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. "NV Ramana: From Ponnavaram to Apex Court". Sakshipost. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  5. "NV Ramana: bio". Supreme Court of India. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. "In rare letter to CJI, Andhra CM lists allegations against SC's Judge No. 2". The Indian Express. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. "In explosive letter, Jagan alleges future CJI Justice Ramana is destabilizing his govt". The News Minute. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  8. "In letter to CJI, Jagan Mohan Reddy accuses Justice NV Ramana of trying to destabilise Andhra Pradesh govt - India News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. "YSRC accuses high court, top court judge of trying to topple its govt". Hindustan Times. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  10. Henry, Nikhila (13 October 2020). "Jagan's Letter On Justice Ramana Questions Pliability Of A Sitting Judge, SC Should Take Note: Ex-AG". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020.
  11. "Honour at stake". The Week. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  12. "HC Bar panel condemns Jagan's allegations against Justice Ramana". The Indian Express. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  13. Staff Reporter (6 November 2020). "All India Lawyer's Union writes to CJI for probe into letter by Jagan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  14. "Judges are seen as soft targets… victims of juicy gossip: Justice Ramana". The Indian Express. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  15. "Andhra HC gags media on govt FIR over land purchase". The Indian Express. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  16. "Amaravati land deal FIR: On Andhra plea, SC lifts HC media gag order". The Indian Express. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  17. "Amaravati land scam: Supreme Court lifts Andhra Pradesh high court's media gag order". Hindustan Times. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  18. Scroll Staff. "Jagan Reddy vs Justice Ramana: Attorney general declines consent to initiate contempt against CM". Scroll.in. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  19. "Timing of Jagan letter suspect, but no consent for contempt: AG". The Indian Express. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  20. "AG denies nod to contempt case against Andhra CM". Hindustan Times. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  21. "AG Venugopal refuses to review decision to not file contempt petition against Andhra CM". Hindustan Times. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  22. Bindra, Japnam (16 November 2020). "Justice U.U. Lalit recuses himself from hearing plea for removal of Reddy as CM". mint. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  23. "Supreme Court hears plea seeking notice to Andhra CM for remarks against apex court judge". Hindustan Times. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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