R. Mahadevan
{{short description|Judge of Supreme Court of India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox Judge
| name = R. Mahadevan
| office = Judge of Supreme Court of India
| termstart = 18 July 2024
| termend =
| nominator = Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
| appointer = Droupadi Murmu
| office1 = Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court
| termstart1 = 24 May 2024
| termend1 = 17 July 2024
| appointer1 = Droupadi Murmu
| nominator1 =
| predecessor1 = Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala
| successor1 = D. Krishnakumar (acting)
Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram
| office2 = Judge of Madras High Court
| termstart2 = 25 October 2013
| termend2 = 23 May 2024
| appointer2 = Pranab Mukherjee
| nominator2 = P. Sathasivam
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|6|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Madras, Madras State
(now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India
| alma_mater = Madras Law College
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Justice
| image = Justice R. Mahadevan.jpg
| parents = M. Aranganathan (father)
}}
R. Mahadevan (born 10 June 1963) is a Judge of Supreme Court of India. He is the former Judge of Madras High Court where he has also served as the Acting Chief Justice.{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2024/May/22/justice-r-mahadevan-appointed-as-acting-chief-justice-of-madras-hc | title=Justice R Mahadevan appointed as acting Chief Justice of Madras HC | date=22 May 2024 }}
Career
Mahadevan was born on 10 June 1963 to Tamil writer M. Aranganathan (1931-2017) in present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He completed his law degree at Madras Law College, Chennai. After completion of law degree he enrolled in the bar council of Chennai in the year 1989. Civil, criminal and writ sides with specialization in indirect taxes, customs and Central Excise matters are the areas where he had rich practice experience for more than 25 years. He also served as an Additional Government Pleader (Taxes) for the Government of Tamil Nadu. He was appointed as a Judge of the Madras High Court in the year 2013.{{cite web | url=https://www.cdjlawjournal.com/judge-profile1.php?id=671&cid=2 | title=CDJ Law Journal }}
On 24 May 2024, he was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court after the retirement of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala.
On 18 July 2024, he was appointed as a Judge of Supreme Court of India.
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