Pulleri Vadhyarillathu Kunhikrishnan (born 22 May 1967) is the judge of

Kerala High Court The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and the Union territory of Lakshadweep. It is located in Kochi. Drawing its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the High Court has the power to issu ...

Early life and education

Kunhikrishnan is the son of

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

actor

Unnikrishnan Namboothiri Korom Pulleri Vadhayarillathu Unnikrishnan Namboothiri (19 October 1923 20 January 2021) was an Indian actor in Malayalam movies. He mainly handled comedy roles and grandfather roles. His role as Dileep's grand father in the Malayalam movie K ...

. Kunhikrishnan completed his schooling from Korom Devisahayam U.P. School and Government High School, Korom,

Payyannur Payyanur, , is a municipal town and a taluk, a sub-district administrative unit, in the Kannur district of Kerala, India. On 10 March 2018, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Payyanur as the fifth taluk in the district. Payyan ...

and obtained a law degree from The Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram in 1989.

Career

Kunhikrishnan enrolled as an Advocate in 1989, started his practice at District and Sessions Court,

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

in 1990 and shifted his practice to

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the Central Business District of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Many major establishments, including the Kerala High Court, the office of the Kochi Municipal Corporation a ...

in 1993. During his practice, he served as standing counsel for

Kerala State Electricity Board Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is an Indian public sector undertaking under the Government of Kerala that generates, transmits and distributes electricity in the state under government monopoly. Established in 1957, the agency comes unde ...

Travancore Devaswom Board Travancore Devaswom Board is statutory and autonomous body managing around 1200 temples in southern part of India. The regular operations of one of the major temples of India, Sabarimala temple, works under its guidance. History and Administrati ...

Kozhikode Corporation The Kozhikode Corporation, is the municipal corporation that administers the city of Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala. Established in 1962, it is in the Kozhikode parliamentary constituency. The first mayor was H. Manjunatha Rao. Its four assembly c ...

etc.

Appointment

Supreme Court collegium recommended his name as Judge in 2018, however the Ministry of Law and Justice returned the recommendation for reconsideration and thereafter in 2019 Supreme Court collegium reiterated its recommendation. On 10 February 2020, he was appointed as additional judge of

by the Ministry of Law and Justice and he sworn-in as the Additional Judge of the High Court of Kerala on 13 February 2020.

References

External links

High Court of Kerala
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kunhikrishnan, P. V. Living people Judges of the Kerala High Court 21st-century Indian judges 1967 births Indian judges