When Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar, passed away recently at a private hospital in Gurgaon after a prolonged illness, the nation lost a gem, an individual who was unwavering in his principles, yet extremely pleasant and humble.
Born on May 5, 1958, his illustrious career started when he enrolled as an advocate on September 5, 1980. After serving the Bar for more than two decades, he was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court on May 12, 2003, and later became a Permanent Judge of the Karnataka High Court in September 2004. He was later transferred to the Kerala High Court where he assumed charge as the Acting Chief Justice on August 1, 2016. He thereafter became the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on September 22, 2016 before being elevated to the Supreme Court on February 17, 2017.
Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar will be remembered for the various landmark judgments that he has penned. In the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the Indore Development Authority Vs Shailendra (2018) 3 SCC 412, Justice Mohan Shantanagoudar dissented from the majority views authored by Justice Arun Mishra holding that it was not proper for a Bench of coordinate strength to comment on the discretion exercised or judgment of another coordinate Bench of the same court. His Lordship observed as under:
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