Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti | |
Office: | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
Termstart: | 14 July 2023 |
Appointer: | Droupadi Murmu |
Nominator: | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud |
Office1: | Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court |
Termstart1: | 1 June 2023 |
Termend1: | 13 July 2023 |
Nominator1: | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud |
Appointer1: | Droupadi Murmu |
Office2: | Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court |
Appointer2: | Droupadi Murmu |
Termstart2: | 24 April 2023 |
Termend2: | 31 May 2023 |
Office3: | Judge of the Kerala High Court |
Termstart3: | 19 March 2019 |
Termend3: | 23 April 2023 |
Appointer3: | Ram Nath Kovind |
Nominator3: | Ranjan Gogoi |
Office4: | Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court |
Termstart4: | 12 November 2013 |
Termend4: | 18 March 2019 |
Appointer4: | Pranab Mukherjee |
Nominator4: | P. Sathasivam |
Alma Mater: | Jagadguru Renukacharya College, Bengaluru |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1962 |
Birth Place: | Madanapalle, Chittoor, AP |
Father: | Ramakrishnaiah |
Mother: | Annapurnamma |
Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti (born on 6 May 1962) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former chief justice of the Kerala High Court. He has also served as the acting chief justice of the Kerala High Court[1] [2] [3] and judge of the Kerala High Court and Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Bhatti was born to Ramakrishnaiah and Annapurnamma at Madanapalle, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. He attended Giri Rao Theosophical High School, Madanapalle for primary education, Graduated in Commerce from Beasant Theosophical College, Madanapalle and obtained degree in law from Jagadguru Renukacharya College, Bengaluru.
Bhatti enrolled as an advocate on 21 January 1987 and started practicing in Andhra Pradesh High Court at Hyderabad. During his practice, he served as standing counsel for Hindustan Shipyard, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Indian Maritime University, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Bharat Electronics, BHPV, RSVP etc. and also served as Special Government Pleader during 2000–2003. On 12 April 2013 he was elevated as Additional Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh and served as judge of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh until bifurcation and establishment of High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi on 1 June 2014 and continued to serve at Amaravathi till 18 March 2019 and upon transfer, from 19 March 2019 he is serving as permanent judge of Kerala High Court and Chairman of Kerala High Court Legal Services Committee.[1] [4] [5] [6] He was appointed as acting chief justice of the Kerala High Court on 24 April 2023. He was appointed as chief justice of the Kerala High Court on 1 June 2023. He was appointed as the Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 14 July 2023.