L. Narayana Swamy

{{short description|Former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court}}

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|honorific-prefix= Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)

|name=L. Narayana Swamy

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|office=Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court

|term_start=6 October 2019

|term_end=30 June 2021

|nominator=Ranjan Gogoi

|appointer=Ram Nath Kovind

|office1=Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court

|termstart1=18 January 2019

|termend1=9 May 2019

|appointer1=Ram Nath Kovind

|office2=Judge of Karnataka High Court

|term_start2=4 July 2007

|term_end2=5 October 2019

|nominator2=K. G. Balakrishnan

|appointer2=A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|7|1}}

|birth_place=Bhadravathi, Karnataka

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Lingappa Narayana Swamy (born 1 July 1959) is an Indian judge and the former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. He is former Judge of Karnataka High Court. He served as the Acting Chief Justice{{Cite web|url=https://barandbench.com/justice-lingappa-narayana-swamy-acting-chief-justice-karnataka-high-court/|title=Lingappa Narayana Swamy J appointed Acting CJ of Karnataka HC|date=17 January 2019|website=Bar & Bench|access-date=10 February 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/Orders%20of%20appointment%20of%20Shri%20Justice%20Lingappa%20Narayana%20Swamy%20Judge%20KHC%20as%20acting%20CJ%20of%20Karnataka%20HC%20%2817.01.2019%29.pdf|title=Orders of appointment of Shri Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy Judge KHC as acting CJ of Karnataka HC|access-date=10 February 2019}} of Karnataka High Court from 18 January 2019 to 9 May 2019, after the elevation of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari to Supreme Court of India.