Shanmughasundaram Mohan (11 February 1930 – 27 December 2019) was former judge of the

India Supreme Court The Supreme Court of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme judicial government of India, authority of India and is the highest court of the Republic of India under the Constitution of India, constitu ...

and former acting governor of

Karnataka state Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. He authored 11 books in English and seven books in Tamil.

Biography

Shanmughasundaram Mohan was born in Udumalpet of

Coimbatore district Coimbatore district is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Coimbatore is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is one of the most industrialized districts and a major textile, industrial, commercial, educ ...

on 11 February 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. Enrolled as advocate in the High Court of Madras in August 1954, he became government pleader in 1969. From 1956 to 1966, Mohan served as a part-time lecturer in Law College, Madras. He was appointed Advocate General of Madras in 1971. In February 1974, he was appointed additional judge of Madras High Court and became permanent Judge on 1 August 1975. He was appointed Chief Justice of the

Karnataka High Court Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

on 19 October 1989, became Supreme Court Justice on 7 October 1991 and retired from the service on 10 February 1995. In the wake of removal of

Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (1921-1993) was an Indian politician. He was the Governor of Bihar from 15 March 1985 to 25 February 1988 and the Governor of Karnataka, India from 26 February 1988 to 5 February 1990. He was elected to the Lok Sabh ...

in 1990, he served as Acting Governor of Karnataka state from 5 February 1990 to 8 May 1990. 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 The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...

. In 2004, he was appointed by the Madras High Court to ensure free and fair elections in the

BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the worl ...

. He died on 27 December 2019 at

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

Literary contributions

Mohan has authored 11 books in English on varied subjects and seven books in

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

including a collections of poems. 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. ''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 English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...

Awards and honors

*Sri Muthuswamy Iyer Scholarship. *Lakshminarasa Reddy Gold Medal *Madras University's gold medal for securing a first class in the law course in 1952 *He was honored giving honorary doctorate degrees from four Universities, including three foreign Universities

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shanmughasundaram, Mohan 1930 births 2019 deaths 21st-century Indian judges Judges of the Madras High Court Chief justices of the Madras High Court Chief justices of the Karnataka High Court 20th-century Indian judges People from Coimbatore district 20th-century Indian lawyers Justices of the Supreme Court of India