Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti
{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1962)}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox Judge
| name = Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti
| image = Justice S. V. Bhatti.jpg
| caption =
| office = Judge of the Supreme Court of India
| termstart = 14 July 2023
| termend =
| appointer = Droupadi Murmu
| nominator = Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
| office1 = 37th Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
| termstart1 = 1 June 2023
| termend1 = 13 July 2023
| nominator1 = Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
| appointer1 = Droupadi Murmu
| office2 = Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
| appointer2 = Droupadi Murmu
| termstart2 = 24 April 2023
| termend2 = 31 May 2023
| office3 = Judge of the Kerala High Court
| termstart3 = 19 March 2019
| termend3 = 23 April 2023
| appointer3 = Ram Nath Kovind
| nominator3 = Ranjan Gogoi
| office4 = Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court
| termstart4 = 12 April 2013
| termend4 = 18 March 2019
| appointer4 = Pranab Mukherjee
| nominator4 = Altamas Kabir
| alma_mater = Jagadguru Renukacharya College, Bengaluru
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|5|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Madanapalle, Chittoor, AP
| father = Ramakrishnaiah
| mother = Annapurnamma
| spouse =
| children =
| website =
| signature =
| predecessor1 = S. Manikumar
| successor1 = Ashish Jitendra Desai
}}
Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti (born on 6 May 1962) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former chief justice of the Kerala High Court. He has also served as the acting chief justice of the Kerala High Court{{cite web|url=https://hckerala.gov.in/judges.php|title=Official|via=Official website High Court of Kerala|date=|access-date=12 Mar 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2019/03/07/kerala-hc-justice-sarasa-venkatanarayana-bhatti-transferred-from-andhra-pradesh-hc/|title=Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti transferred from Andhra Pradesh HC|via=New Indian Express News|date=7 Mar 2019|access-date=12 Mar 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://doj.gov.in/sites/default/files/Transfer%20order%20of%20Justice%20S%20V%20Bhatti%20Judge%20of%20AP%20HC%20as%20a%20Judge%20of%20Kerala%20HC%20%2805.03.2019%29.pdf|title=Transfer order|via=Department of Justice|date=5 Mar 2019|access-date=12 Mar 2022}} and judge of the Kerala High Court and Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Early life and education
Bhatti was born to Ramakrishnaiah and Annapurnamma at Madanapalle, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. He attended Giri Rao Theosophical High School, Madanapalle for primary education, Graduated in Commerce from Beasant Theosophical College, Madanapalle and obtained degree in law from Jagadguru Renukacharya College, Bengaluru.
Career
Bhatti enrolled as an advocate on 21 January 1987 and started practicing in Andhra Pradesh High Court at Hyderabad. During his practice, he served as standing counsel for Hindustan Shipyard, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Indian Maritime University, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Bharat Electronics, BHPV, RSVP etc. and also served as Special Government Pleader during 2000–2003. On 12 April 2013 he was elevated as Additional Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh and served as judge of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh until bifurcation and establishment of High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi on 1 June 2014 and continued to serve at Amaravathi till 18 March 2019 and upon transfer, from 19 March 2019 he is serving as permanent judge of Kerala High Court and Chairman of Kerala High Court Legal Services Committee.{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/telangana-andhra-pradesh-to-get-separate-high-courts-5511101/|title=Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to get separate High Courts|via=Indian Express|date=27 Dec 2018|access-date=12 Mar 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://hc.ap.nic.in/hcapnew/svbj.html|title=Official Website of High Court of AP|via=Official Website|access-date=12 Mar 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kelsa.nic.in/members.htm|title=Official Website of High Court Legal Service Committee|via=Official Website|access-date=12 Mar 2022}} He was appointed as acting chief justice of the Kerala High Court on 24 April 2023. He was appointed as chief justice of the Kerala High Court on 1 June 2023. He was appointed as the Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 14 July 2023.
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Category:20th-century Indian judges
Category:Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court
Category:Judges of the Kerala High Court