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| name = K. H. N. Kuranga<br />
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)<br />
| office = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Chhattisgarh High Court|2nd Chief Justice]] of [[Chhattisgarh High Court]]<br />
| appointer = [[K. R. Narayanan]]<br />
| nominator = [[S. P. Bharucha]]<br />
| predecessor = {{ubl|[[W. A. Shishak]]|Fakhruddin ''(acting)''}}<br />
| successor = A. S. V. Moorthy<br />
| term_start = 6 February 2002<br />
| term_end = 10 May 2004<br />
| office1 = [[Judge]] of [[Karnataka High Court]]<br />
| term_end1 = 5 February 2002<br />
| term_start1 = 22 February 1993<br />
| nominator1 = [[L. M. Sharma]]<br />
| appointer1 = [[S. D. Sharma]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|5|11|df=yes}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Korategere Hanumanthayya Narasimha Kuranga''' (born 11 May 1942) is an Indian Advocate, retired [[Chief Justice]] of [[Chhattisgarh High Court]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Justice {{!}} High Court Chhattisgarh |url=https://highcourt.cg.gov.in/sittingjudges/formarcj.html |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Chhattisgarh High Court}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJ2Q1rxwY1YC&dq=K.H.N.+Kuranga&pg=PP19 |title=Criminal Justice India Series |date=2002 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-81-7764-860-7 |language=en}}</ref> and former judge of [[Karnataka High Court]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Hon'ble Mr.Justice K.H.N.Kuranga |url=https://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/bio_data/HCKformer_judges/kuranga.html |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Karnataka Judiciary}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |first3= |title=HC judge posted CJ of Chattisgarh {{!}} Bengaluru News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/hc-judge-posted-cj-of-chattisgarh/articleshow/1412094853.cms |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=The Times of India |date= 2 February 2002|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and career ==<br />
Justice Kuranga hails from Tumkur district and started practising in the Bangalore Bar after enrolling as an [[Advocate]] on 17 May 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |title=High Court of Karnataka Official Web Site |url=https://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/profiles-elevated-as-cj.php |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Karnataka Judiciary}}</ref> He worked as high court pleader in 1975 and was appointed as additional state public prosecutor in 1985.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2011-11-11 |title=On FP for 1st editionsJustice Kuranga may be Lokayukta |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/on-fp-for-1st-editionsjustice-kuranga-may-be-lokayukta/articleshow/10686743.cms |access-date=2025-10-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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He became Judge of [[Karnataka High Court]] on 22 February 1993 to February 2002.<ref name=":0" /> On 6 February 2002 he became second Chief Justice of [[Chhattisgarh High Court]] and served in this role until May 2004.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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In 2011 he was tipped to be the [[Karnataka Lokayukta|Lokayukta of Karnataka]] when the then [[Governor of Karnataka]] was in disagreement with the govt's proposal of appointing [[S. R. Bannurmath]] as lokayukta<ref name=":2" /> but subsequently [[Y. Bhaskar Rao]] was appointed to head this coveted post.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice (retd) Y Bhaskar Rao sworn in as new Lokayukta |url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/justice-retd-y-bhaskar-rao-sworn-new-lokayukta |access-date=2025-10-23 |website=coastaldigest.com - The Trusted News Portal of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
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