Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha (born 3 May 1963) is a judge of the

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. He is former

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. He is well known for his work on the Ayodhya Title Dispute and the BCCI cases.

Career

Narasimha was brought up in

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. After receiving a

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in 1988 he started practice in

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. His father Kodanda Ramayya was also a judge and legal writer. Narasimha then moved to

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to practice at the Supreme Court. He was designated as Senior Advocate and was appointed as Addl. Solicitor General of India in 2014. In August 2021 he became a judge of Supreme Court. He is in line to become the 56th

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, if the convention of seniority is followed.

References

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