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{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1963)}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha
| image = Justice PS Narasimha.jpg
| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]
| term_start = 31 August 2021
| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| nominator = [[N. V. Ramana]]
| office1 = [[Additional Solicitor General of India]]
| term_start1 = May 2014
| term_end1 = 15 December 2018
| appointer1 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|5|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]]
| alma_mater = [[Nizam College|Nizam College Hyderabad]]<br> [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title= Justice Pamidighantan Sri Narasimha |url=https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-pamidighantam-sri-narasimha/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Supreme Court of India|language=en}}</ref>
}}

'''Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha''' (born 3 May 1963) is a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. He is a former [[Additional Solicitor General of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-03 |title=PS Narasimha: The Negotiator |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/ps-narasimha-bcci-coa-supreme-court-6101137/ |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He is well known for his work on the Ayodhya Title Dispute and the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] cases.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 August 2021|title=P.S. Narasimha|url=https://www.scobserver.in/judges/pamidighantam-sri-narasimha/|access-date=29 November 2021|publisher=Supreme Court Observer|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=19 August 2021|title=PS Narasimha to become 6th lawyer to be elevated to SC Bench from bar on Collegium recommendation|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ps-narasimha-to-become-6th-lawyer-to-be-elevated-sc-bench-from-bar-on-collegium-recommendation/articleshow/85436617.cms|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
Narasimha was brought up in [[Hyderabad]]. He graduated from [[Nizam College]], Hyderabad with [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Economics, Political Science and Public Administration.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Justice Pamidighantan Sri Narasimha |url=https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-pamidighantam-sri-narasimha/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Supreme Court of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=BarandBench|date=27 Aug 2021 |title=Senior Advocate PS Narasimha will be the third person directly appointed from Bar to be Chief Justice of India |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/ps-narasimha-third-person-directly-appointed-from-bar-chief-justice-of-india |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.BarandBench.com |language=en}}</ref> After receiving a [[Bachelor of Laws]] from [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title= Justice Pamidighantan Sri Narasimha |url=https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-pamidighantam-sri-narasimha/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Supreme Court of India|language=en}}</ref> in 1988 he started practice in [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]]. His father Kodanda Ramayya was also a judge and legal writer. His older brother P Sri Raghuram is a designated senior advocate practicing in Hyderabad. Narasimha then moved to [[New Delhi]] to practice at the Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=29 Aug 2021 |title=Soon-to-be SC judge Narasimha grew up in Hyderabad {{!}} Hyderabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/soon-to-be-sc-judge-narasimha-grew-up-in-hyd/articleshow/85725598.cms |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He was designated as Senior Advocate and was appointed as Addl. Solicitor General of India in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |title=PS Narasimha to become 6th lawyer to be elevated to SC bench from bar on Collegium recommendation |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ps-narasimha-to-become-6th-lawyer-to-be-elevated-to-sc-bench-from-bar-on-collegium-recommendation/articleshow/85436617.cms |access-date=2022-04-01}}</ref> In August 2021 he became a judge of the Supreme Court. He is in line to become the 56th [[Chief Justice of India]], if the convention of seniority is followed.<ref name="54CJI">{{Cite web|date=23 November 2021|title=7 Next CJIs|url=https://www.scobserver.in/journal/7-next-cji-s/|access-date=24 November 2021|publisher=Supreme Court Observer|language=en|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228123417/https://www.scobserver.in/journal/7-next-cji-s/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Senior advocates in India]]
[[Category:Faculty of Law, University of Delhi alumni]]

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