Name R. Banumathi | ||
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Preceded by Prakash Chandra TatiaD. N. Patel (acting) Born 20 July 1955 (age 69) ( 1955-07-20 ) Similar People Uday Lalit, Venkate Gopala Gowda, Madan Lokur, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Rohinton Fali Nariman | ||
R. Banumathi (born 20 July 1955) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Earlier, she had served as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court and judge at Madras High Court.
Career as a judge
Banumathi had joined Tamil Nadu Higher Judicial Service in 1988 as a direct recruit district judge. As a sessions judge, she dealt with number of landmark cases and also headed one-person commission on police excess by STF in Chinnampathy village in Coimbatore district in 1995-1996.
In April 2003, after serving at various posts in the subordinate judiciary, she was then elevated as judge of the Madras High Court. There she dealt with many important cases including a ban on Jallikattu or bull hugging sport. The verdict paved the way for formulating regulations relating to Jallikattu.
In November 2013, she was transferred to the Jharkhand High Court and appointed Chief Justice of that court at the same time. Within a matter of months, in August 2014, she was elevated to the Supreme Court of India after her name had been recommended for the post by the Chief Justice of India, Rajendra Mal Lodha. She is the second woman sessions judge to rise to the country's highest court.
