V. S. Malimath
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
| name = Vijaykumar S. Malimath
| image =
| office1 = Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
| term_start1 = 12 December 1991
| term_end1 = 11 June 1994
| appointer1 = R. Venkataraman
| predecessor1 = Amitav Banerji
| successor1 = S. C. Mathur
| office2 = 12th Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
| term_start2 = 24 October 1985
| term_end2 = 11 June 1991
| nominator2 = P. N. Bhagwati
| appointer2 = Zail Singh
| predecessor2 = K. Bhaskaran
| successor2 = M. Jagannadha Rao
| office3 = 10th Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court
| term_start3 = 6 February 1984
| term_end3 = 24 October 1985
| nominator3 = Y. V. Chandrachud
| appointer3 = Zail Singh
| predecessor3 = K. Bhimaiah
| successor3 = Prem Chand Jain
| office4 = Judge of Karnataka High Court
| term_start4 = 5 March 1970
| term_end4 = 5 February 1984
| nominator4 = M. Hidayatullah
| appointer4 = V. V. Giri
| office5 = Advocate General of Karnataka
| term_start5 = 23 February 1968
| term_end5 = 4 March 1970
| appointer5 = G. S. Pathak
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata5 = {{ubl|S. Nijalingappa|Veerendra Patil}}
| predecessor5 = T. Krishna Rao
| successor5 = E. S. Venkataramiah
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|07|12}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|12|22|1929|07|12}}
| death_place = Bengaluru, India
| alma_mater = University of London
| children = Ravi Malimath
}}
Vijaykumar S. Malimath (12 June 1929 – 22 December 2015) was an Indian jurist, who served as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court{{Cite web|title = Former Judges of High Court of Kerala|url = http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/frmrjudges.html|website = highcourtofkerala.nic.in|accessdate = 2015-12-23}} and Karnataka High Court. He also was the Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal, and then member of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He headed the Committee on Reform of Criminal Justice System.{{Cite web|title = Recommendations of the Malimath Committee on reforms of Criminal Justice System|url = http://www.pucl.org/Topics/Law/2003/malimath-recommendations.htm|website = pucl.org|accessdate = 2015-12-23}}
Education
Malimath did his primary education from Karnataka. He then secured First Rank in LL.B. and a post Graduate Diploma in Public International Law from University of London in 1952.
Career
Malimath started his law practice in the High Court of Bombay in 1952. He moved his practice to Bangalore in 1956. The state then appointed him Advocate General in 1968.{{Cite web|title = Advocate General for Karnataka|url = http://www.advgen.kar.nic.in/previous_ag.asp|website = advgen.kar.nic.in|accessdate = 2015-12-25}} He rose rapidly through the ranks of the Judiciary. He was appointed a Judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1970 and became Chief Justice of the Karnataka Court in 1984. He was then transferred to Kerala as its Chief Justice in 1985.{{cite web|title=Hon'ble Dr. Justice V.S. Malimath|url=http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/bio_data/HCKformer_judges/malith.html}}
He served on the Central Administrative Tribunal as its chair.{{Cite web|url = http://cgatnew.gov.in/writereaddata/Delhi/docs/MEMBER1985.pdf|title = Former Members of Central Administrative Tribunal|accessdate = 25 December 2015}} He served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission.{{Cite web|title = National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, India.|url = http://nhrc.nic.in/|website = nhrc.nic.in|accessdate = 2015-12-25}} After his retirement from the high court he also headed the Committee on Reform of Criminal Justice System in India. He was a U.N. Representative to monitor human rights enforcement in Nigeria{{Cite book|title = National Human Rights Commission of India: Formation, Functioning, and Future Prospects|publisher = Atlantic Publishers & Dist|date = 2003-01-01|isbn = 9788185495774|first = Arun|last = Ray}} and Sri Lanka. The International Bar Association appointed him as part of a fact finding mission to Sri Lanka to assess the circumstances surrounding a call for a constitutional referendum and its effect on the country's judiciary.{{Cite web|title = IBA - Sri Lanka fact-finding, 2001|url = http://www.ibanet.org/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleUid=3a1bf39b-3ba9-4f09-9fa4-4449c8152de0|accessdate = 2015-12-24}}{{Cite web|title = Bar chairman selected for Sri Lankan legal mission|url = https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/4496|website = m.malaysiakini.com|accessdate = 2015-12-23|language = en-MY}}
He was also the chair of the Karnataka Border Protection Committee.{{Cite web|title = Border Protection Panel Chief Submits Draft Terms|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Border-Protection-Panel-Chief-Submits-Draft-Terms/2015/07/20/article2929791.ece|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150720223957/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Border-Protection-Panel-Chief-Submits-Draft-Terms/2015/07/20/article2929791.ece|url-status = dead|archive-date = 20 July 2015|website = The New Indian Express|accessdate = 2015-12-29}}{{Cite web|title = Reupped Roundup : Ban on Chinese Lanterns, Salman Khan, Justice Malimath & more – Bar & Bench|url = http://barandbench.com/legal-india-news-salman-khan-gujarat-high-court-german-bakery-malimath/|website = Bar & Bench|accessdate = 2015-12-23|language = en-US}}
He also headed committee for reforms in Code of Civil Procedure.
Awards and honors
He represented India in several international conferences. He was conferred with the National Citizen's Award by the President of India, Rajyotsava Award by the Government of Karnataka, and an Honorary Doctorate of Law by Karnataka University.
In 2011, Hampi University conferred the Nadoja Award upon V.S. Malimath.{{Cite news|title = 'Nadoja' conferred on Malimath, three others|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/nadoja-conferred-on-malimath-three-others/article2750712.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2011-12-27|access-date = 2015-12-29|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}{{Cite web|title = Nadoja for Malimath, S L Bhyrappa|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article237086.ece|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222140/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article237086.ece|url-status = dead|archive-date = 4 March 2016|website = The New Indian Express|accessdate = 2015-12-29}}
References
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Category:Chief justices of the Karnataka High Court
Category:20th-century Indian judges
Category:Chief justices of the Kerala High Court