T. B. Radhakrishnan
{{short description|Indian judge (1959–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
| image = Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan.jpg
| name = Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan
| caption =
| office = Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
| termstart = 4 April 2019
| termend = 28 April 2021
| nominator = Ranjan Gogoi
| appointer = Ram Nath Kovind
| predecessor = Biswanath Somadder (acting)
| successor = Rajesh Bindal (acting)
| office1 = 1st Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
| termstart1 = 1 January 2019
| termend1 = 3 April 2019
| nominator1 = Ranjan Gogoi
| appointer1 = Ram Nath Kovind
| predecessor1 = Position established
| successor1 = Raghvendra Singh Chauhan (acting)
| office2 = Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court
| termstart2 = 7 July 2018
| termend2 = 31 December 2018
| nominator2 = Dipak Misra
| appointer2 = Ram Nath Kovind
| predecessor2 = Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale (acting)
| successor2 = Position demolished
| office3 = Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
| termstart3 = 18 March 2017
| termend3 = 6 July 2018
| nominator3 = J. S. Khehar
| appointer3 = Ram Nath Kovind
| predecessor3 = Deepak Gupta
| successor3 = Ajay Kumar Tripathi
| office4 = Judge of Kerala High Court
| termstart4 = 14 October 2004
| termend4 = 17 March 2017
| nominator4 = Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
| appointer4 = A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| alma_mater = K. G. F. Law College, Kolar, Karnataka
| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|04|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kollam, Kerala, India
| nationality = Indian
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|04|03|1959|04|29|df=y}}
| death_place = Kochi, Kerala, India
| spouse = Meera Sen
}}
Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan (29 April 1959 – 3 April 2023) was an Indian judge. He was chief justice of the Calcutta High Court, Telangana High Court,{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kollam-native-thottathil-b-radhakrishnan-takes-charge-as-first-cj-of-telangana-hc-telangana-1.3442749 |title=High Court of Chhattisgarh - Sitting Judges |website=highcourt.cg.gov.in |date=1 January 2019 |access-date=1 January 2019}} Hyderabad High Court and Chhattisgarh High Court and judge of Kerala High Court.
Early life and education
Radhakrishnan was born to N. Bhaskaran Nair and K. Parukutty Amma, both practising advocates at Kollam.{{Cite web |url=http://highcourt.cg.gov.in/sittingjudges/sitting.html#cj |title=High Court of Chhattisgarh - Sitting Judges |website=highcourt.cg.gov.in |access-date=29 November 2017}} He completed his education from St. Joseph's Convent and Government Boys High School, Kollam, Arya Central School, Thiruvananthapuram, Trinity Lyceum and F. M. N. College, Kollam, and Kolar Gold Fields Law College, Kolar.[http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/radhak.html Website of Kerala High Court] Retrieved 4 November 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbarindia.org/resources/indian_judiciary/17/p-kerala-high-court/|title=Website of National Bar Association of India|accessdate=9 January 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117144610/http://www.nationalbarindia.org/resources/indian_judiciary/17/p-kerala-high-court/|archivedate=17 January 2013|url-status=dead}}
Career
Radhakrishnan enrolled as an advocate in December 1983 and started practising in Thiruvananthapuram. Later, Radhakrishnan shifted to the High Court of Kerala at Kochi where he practised in civil, constitutional, and administrative matters. He was appointed a permanent judge of Kerala High Court on 14 October 2004. He was appointed chief justice of Chhattisgarh High Court on 18 March 2017. He was transferred as chief justice of Hyderabad High Court and took oath on 7 July 2018. On 1 January 2019 he was appointed first chief justice of Telangana High Court. He was transferred as chief justice of Calcutta High Court and took oath on 7 April 2019.
Personal life and death
Radhakrishnan died in Kochi on 3 April 2023, at the age of 63. He had been undergoing medical treatment in a private hospital. Radhakrishnan was survived by his wife, Meera Sen, and his children, Parvathy Nair and Keshavaraj Nair.{{Cite web|date=3 April 2023 |title=Former Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh HC Justice T B Radhakrishnan passes away in Kerala |url=https://newsriveting.com/former-chief-justice-of-chhattisgarh-hc-justice-t-b-radhakrishnan-passes-away-in-kerala/ |access-date=3 April 2023 |website=News Riveting |language=en-US}}
References
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Category:21st-century Indian judges
Category:Chief justices of Chhattisgarh High Court
Category:Chief justices of the Calcutta High Court
Category:Chief justices of the Telangana High Court
Category:Judges of the Kerala High Court
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