Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna (born 20 May 1959) is a former judge of Supreme Court of India.[1] He was the former chief justice of the Gauhati High Court. He was also a judge of Karnataka High Court.[2]

Over the course of his tenure on the Supreme Court, Bopanna authored 91 judgments and sat on 518 benches.[3] Bopanna was a part of benches that upheld the 2016 Demonetization Policy, determined the scope of Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution, approved the use of circumstantial evidence in bribery cases, and determined that members of Parliament were not immune from bribery charges.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Full House at Supreme Court: Four new judges sworn in". Bar & Bench. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Karnataka High Court Judge, Justice Bopanna named Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court". The New Indian Express. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Justice A.S. Bopanna: Tenure in numbers". Supreme Court Observer. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Justice A.S. Bopanna's Notable Judgements". Supreme Court Observer. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._S._Bopanna
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