M. S. Ramachandra Rao (judge)
{{Short description|Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. S. Ramachandra Rao
| office = 9th Chief Justice of Tripura High Court
| nominator = Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai
| appointer = Droupadi Murmu
| term_start = {{abbr|TBC|To be confirmed}}
| term_end =
| term_label = Assuming office
| status = Nominee
| office1 = 16th Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court
| termstart1 = 25 September 2024
| termend1 =
| appointer1 = Droupadi Murmu
| nominator1 = Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
| office2 = 28th Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
| termstart2 = 30 May 2023
| termend2 = 24 September 2024
| appointer2 = Droupadi Murmu
| nominator2 = Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
| office3 = Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court
| appointer3 = Ram Nath Kovind
| office4 = Judge of Telangana High Court
| termstart3 = 12 October 2021
| termend3 = 29 May 2023
| termstart4 = 29 June 2012
| termend4 = 11 October 2021
{{small|Acting CJ: 31 August 2021 – 11 October 2021}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|8|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hyderabad, Telangana, India
| alma_mater = (LLB) Osmania University
(LLM) University of Cambridge
| appointer4 = Prathiba Patil
| nominator4 = S. H. Kapadia
| successor3 =
| nominator3 = N. V. Ramana
| predecessor1 = Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi
| predecessor2 = Amjad Ahtesham Sayed
| successor2 = Rajiv Shakdher
| successor1 = Tarlok Singh Chauhan
| predecessor = Aparesh Kumar Singh
}}
Mamidanna Satyaratna Ramachandra Rao (born 7 August 1966) is an Indian Jurist who is currently serving as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.{{Cite news|date=27 September 2024|title=Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao Sworn In As Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court|work=Live Law|url=https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jharkhand-high-court/justice-ms-ramachandra-rao-sworn-in-chief-justice-jharkhand-high-court-270814|access-date=27 September 2024}} He was a former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court and Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Telangana High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.{{Cite news|date=27 August 2021|title=Justice MS Ramachandra Rao appointed acting Chief Justice of TS High Court|work=News Meter|url=https://newsmeter.in/telangana/justice-ms-ramachandra-rao-appointed-acting-chief-justice-of-ts-high-court-682479|access-date=27 August 2021}}
Career
Born on 7 August 1966 at Hyderabad, he passed law from Osmania University in 1989. On 7 September 1989 he was enrolled as an Advocate. He secured LL.M from the University of Cambridge, U.K. in 1991. He was awarded the Cambridge Common Wealth Scholarship and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International Scholarship for study of the LL.M Course at the Cambridge University, U.K. He was also awarded the Pegasus Scholarship by the Pegasus Scholarship Trust, Inner Temple, London headed by Lord Goff of Chievely, a Judicial Member of the House of Lords. Under this Scholarship, he was provided training in the Brick Court Chambers, Middle Temple, London and in Clifford Chance, a multinational Solicitors firm, London.{{Cite web |title=Hon'ble Sri Justice M.S.Ramachandra Rao |url=https://tshc.gov.in/judprofile.action?judcode=114 |website=High Court for the State of Telangana}}{{Cite web |title=Hon'ble Chief Justice and Judges of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana |url=https://highcourtchd.gov.in/?trs=chief |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=highcourtchd.gov.in}} He practiced in Civil Law, Arbitration, Company Law, Administrative and Constitutional Law, Labour and Service Law. He was elevated as an Additional Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court on 29 June 2012 and made permanent on 4 December 2013. He took over as Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court on 31 August 2021 consequent upon the appointment of Justice Hima Kohli, Chief Justice of Telangana High Court as a Judge of Supreme Court of India. He was transferred as Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court on 5 October 2021 and took oath on 12 October 2021.{{Cite news|date=28 August 2021|title=Justice MS Ramachandra Rao appointed acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court|work=Bar & Bench|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/justice-ms-ramachandra-rao-appointed-acting-chief-justice-of-telangana-high-court?s=08|access-date=28 August 2021}}
He was transferred as Judge of Jharkhand High Court and took oath on 25 September 2024.{{cite news|title=M S Ramachandra Rao sworn in as chief justice of Jharkhand HC|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/m-s-ramachandra-rao-sworn-in-as-chief-justice-of-jharkhand-hc/articleshow/113654981.cms|accessdate=29 May 2025|publisher=The Times of India|date=25 September 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250529035938/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/m-s-ramachandra-rao-sworn-in-as-chief-justice-of-jharkhand-hc/articleshow/113654981.cms|archivedate=29 May 2025}}{{cite news|title=M.S. Ramachandra Rao sworn in as Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jharkhand/ms-ramachandra-rao-sworn-in-as-chief-justice-of-jharkhand-hc/article68680662.ece|accessdate=29 May 2025|publisher=The Hindu|date=25 September 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250529034525/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jharkhand/ms-ramachandra-rao-sworn-in-as-chief-justice-of-jharkhand-hc/article68680662.ece|archivedate=29 May 2025|language=en-IN}}
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended his transfer to the Tripura High Court
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Category:Chief justices of the Telangana High Court
Category:Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
Category:Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court
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