Humchadakatte G. Ramesh should not be confused with Huluvadi G. Ramesh.
| Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable Justice |
| H. G. Ramesh | |
| Office: | Judge of Karnataka High Court |
| Term Start: | 12 May 2003 |
| Term End: | 15 January 2019 |
| Appointer: | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Predecessor: | Subhro Kamal Mukherjee |
| Successor: | Dinesh Maheshwari |
| Office1: | Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court |
| Term Start1: | 10 October 2017 |
| Term End1: | 12 February 2018 |
| Appointer1: | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Birth Date: | 1957 1, df=yes |
Justice Humchadakatte Gopalaiah Ramesh (born 16 January 1957) is an Indian jurist. He served as the acting Chief Justice at the High Court of Karnataka between 10 October 2017 and 12 February 2018.[1] [2]
Justice Ramesh enrolled as an advocate in 1982 and began his practice at Karnataka High Court. He was appointed an Additional Judge of the Court in May 2003 and elevated as a Permanent Judge in September 2004.[1] In February 2017, he turned down the Supreme Court collegium's offer to be made the Chief Justice of Madras High Court.[2]
The Economic Times reported in March 2017 that Justice Ramesh was upset over being denied a promotion to the Supreme Court of India in favour of Justice S. Abdul Nazeer. In protest, he wrote to the then Chief Justice of India Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar stating that "My supersession on ground of giving representation to a minority in the Supreme Court by recommending the name of a judge, who is junior to me, is certainly not correct." Justice Ramesh also said, "I request lordships to deny me the honour of becoming the chief justice of Madras High Court." Justice Indira Banerjee of the High Court of Delhi was subsequently appointed in his place.[4]