rajesh kumar agrawal was the 25th chief justice of the madras high court.
who was the 25th chief justice of the madras high court?
rajesh kumar agrawal
in another controversial incident, in january 2014, karnan barged into a court room at the madras high court during a hearing of a public interest litigation (pil) before a division bench of on a matter relating to the appointment of certain judges. he told the bench in open court that the selection was unfair and that he wanted to file an affidavit in his name. the behavior was condemned by the supreme court saying, "the sudden unfamiliar incident made us fume inwardly at this raw unconventional protest that was unexpected, uncharitable and ungenerous and, to say the least, indecorous." during the time, the then chief justice of the madras high court, rajesh kumar agrawal, wrote to the chief justice of the supreme court, p. sathasivam, asking him to transfer karnan to any other high court. however, karnan wrote to sathasivam and agrawal, stating that he wished to stay on in the madras high court, in order to prove the allegations that he had raised against the chief justice and the other judges of the court. subsequently, karnan wrote to the joint registrar of the right to information section, alleging irregularities in the appointment of district judges. he sought details of the selection process in order to file a complaint before the president of india. in the intervening period, 20 judges of the madras high court jointly wrote to the chief justice of india requesting justice karnan's transfer.
c. s. karnan
dhinakar was born in 1944. he passed b.a, b.l. and was enrolled as an advocate on 31 january 1968. dhinakar practised in the madras high court on criminal and constitutional matters. he was appointed as additional public prosecutor, special public prosecutor and government advocate in the high court in 1977. on 17 october 1994 dhinakar became permanent judge of the madras high court. on 30 november 1994 he was transferred to the kerala high court thereafter back to the madras high court on 5 march 1999. he also performed as the acting chief justice of this high court. on 4 december 2005 he was appointed as the chief justice of the jharkhand high court after justice altamas kabir. justice dhinakar was retired on 10 june 2006.
nelavoy dhinakar