Shanmughasundaram Mohan

Shanmughasundaram Mohan (February 11 1930 – December 27 2019) was former Indian Supreme Court Judge and former Acting Governor of Karnataka state. He has authored 11 books in English and seven books in Tamil.

Honourable Justice
Shanmughasundaram Mohan
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office
October 7 1991 – February 11 1995
Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
In office
October 19 1989 – October 26 1989
Acting Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
In office
December 13 1988 – October 18 1989
Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court
In office
October 26 1989 – October 6 1991
Judge of the Madras High Court
In office
August 1 1975 – December 12 1988
Additional Judge of the Madras High Court
In office
February 1974 – July 31 1975
Acting Governor of Karnataka
In office
February 5 1990 – May 8 1990
Personal details
Born(1930-02-11)11 February 1930
Udumalpet, Coimbatore district, British India
Died27 December 2019(2019-12-27) (aged 89)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
CitizenshipIndia
NationalityIndia
Alma materPresidency College, Madras, Madras University

Biography

Shanmughasundaram Mohan was born in Udumalpet of Coimbatore district on February 11 1930. After completing graduation from Presidency College Madras, he did his bachelor's degree in law from University of Madras and Masters in Constitution and International Law.[1] Enrolled as advocate in the High Court of Madras in August 1954, he became government pleader in 1969.[1] From 1956 to 1966, Mohan served as a part-time lecturer in Law College, Madras.[2]

He was appointed Advocate General of Madras in 1971.[1] In February 1974, he was appointed additional judge of Madras High Court and became permanent Judge on August 1 1975.[1] He was appointed Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court on October 19 1989, became Supreme Court Justice on October 7 1991 and retired from the service on February 10 1995.[1]

In the wake of removal of Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah in 1990, he served as Acting Governor of Karnataka state from February 5 1990 to May 8 1990.[1][3]

After retirement Justice Mohan was appointed chairman of the National Cyber Safety and Security Standards and Chairman of Pay Revision Committee of Public Sector Undertakings, Government of India.[4][5] In 2004, he was appointed by the Madras High Court to ensure free and fair elections in the BCCI.[4]

He died on December 27 2019 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[6]

Literary contributions

Mohan has authored 11 books in English on varied subjects and seven books in Tamil including a collections of poems.[3][4] He served as the president of the World Academy of Arts and Culture and was the president of the World Congress of Poets for six years during 2004–2010.[3][5] Justice Triumphs, Wild Blooms, Random Reflections, His Many Splendored Gem and Law and Social Justice are some of the books he wrote in English language.[5]

Awards and honors
  • Sri Muthuswamy Iyer Scholarship.[1]
  • Lakshminarasa Reddy Gold Medal[2]
  • Madras University's gold medal for securing a first class in the law course in 1952[5]
  • He was honored giving honorary doctorate degrees from four Universities, including three foreign Universities[5]

References
  1. "S. MOHAN". karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  2. Saxena, Akshita (2019-12-27). "Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice S. Mohan Passes Away". www.livelaw.in. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  3. Correspondent, Special (2019-12-28). "Justice Mohan, who served in Supreme Court, dead". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  4. "Former Karnataka Chief Justice S Mohan dies at 90". Deccan Herald. 2019-12-27. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  5. "Late Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Mohan" (PDF). Supreme Court of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  6. "Former top court judge S Mohan dead | Chennai News". The Times of India. 2019-12-28. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
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