M. S. Ramachandra Rao (judge)

Hon'ble Chief Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao
Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2023
Nominated by	Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court
In office 12 October 2021 – 29 May 2023
Nominated by	N. V. Ramana
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
In office 31 August 2021 – 11 October 2021
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Hima Kohli
Succeeded by	Satish Chandra Sharma
Judge of Telangana High Court
In office 29 June 2012 – 30 August 2021
Nominated by	S. H. Kapadia
Appointed by	Prathiba Patil
Personal details
Born	(1966-08-07) 7 August 1966 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Alma mater	Osmania University

Mamidanna Satyaratna Ramachandra Rao (born 7 August 1966) is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. He was a former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court andJudge of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Telangana High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.

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. 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.